ISSUE:
Whether the film New Delhi is an infringement of the plaintiff's copyright in the play Hum Hindustani?
Whether Respondents or any of them infringed the plaintiff's copyright by producing, distributing, or exhibiting the film New Delhi?
RULE:
Idea–expression dichotomy is a legal doctrine in the United States that differentiates an idea from the expression of that idea and limits the scope of copyright.
No idea, subject, theme, plot/storyline, or historical or legendary facts can be protected by copyright.