He goes to a library by day to research bacteria, and cells in order to come up with ideas on how to “cure” the vampires. In the book Robert Neville is an average man, with little scientific background. In the book, Robert Neville is a white man with blond hair, who drinks and smokes like mad. Listed are some of the major contrasts between book and movie. In fact the book and the movie are so different it’s surprising that movie director Francis Lawrence “based” his movie on this book. I just finished the book today and cannot believe how significantly different they really are. I was surprised in reading only the first few chapters to learn that there were quite a few differences between the movie and the book. Last week my husband and I went to the movies to see Will Smith in “I am Legend.” I had received the book for Christmas and tried to get at least a third of the way through it before seeing the movie. If you have not seen the movie or read the book “I am Legend,” and you plan to, you probably do not want to read this post until you have. EDITORIAL NOTE: This is the first in a two part series that will attempt to answer a hypothetical copyright infringement question surrounding the movie and book “I am Legend.” This post discusses the differences and similarities between the book and the movie and the next post (during the week of January 21, 2008) will address the law associated with determining whether there would have been copyright infringement.
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