Unsolicited Ideas Policy

[ravisoni]

So just wanted to send a track of mine to the game companies as a compliment for the years of entertainment they've provided us (I'm nowhere near professional as the people in their studios, but I thought why not?)
Turns out most of them have a "won't take unsolicited ideas" policy. I totally understand why they need to do it, but that's something I definitely did not foresee. One of those "How do you know what you don't know?" situations.

[Zac]

So just wanted to send a track of mine to the game companies as a compliment for the years of entertainment they've provided us (I'm nowhere near professional as the people in their studios, but I thought why not?)
Turns out most of them have a "won't take unsolicited ideas" policy. I totally understand why they need to do it, but that's something I definitely did not foresee. One of those "How do you know what you don't know?" situations.

Sorry you got that attitude. It's their minds that are closed. Screw them.

[EdGrip]

I've heard of this on TV productions. Who are we to question the legal vagaries of copyright lawyers?
I think...
- if they like the idea and use it, great, they can pay you for it, everyone's a winner
- if they don't like the idea and don't use it, great, there's nothing to pay you for

I think the problem is if your idea is similar to an idea that someone on the payroll had but hadn't pitched or written down yet. Like "yeah I intended to explore that idea one day, maybe next season, but now we can't because we'd have to pay this random stranger who submitted something similar unsolicited".