Sweet Home Alalawsuit

I got a chance to glance at the paper earlier.
After checking to see which advertisement was on the back of the Sports section (...to my surprise...there were two)...I glanced through the rest of the sections.
I saw a small article about Disney. Disney's lawyers are asking a court in Alabama to throw out a lawsuit filed against them by a couple from Gulf Shores.
The couple is suing because they claim Disney violated a copyright they had on the screenplay for Sweet Home Alabama. Apparently, they had written the screenplay back in the mid 90s. Of course, their title was "Southern Comfort".
Quick sidebar.... Should you italicize the name of a movie if it has not yet become a movie?
Anyway.
This lawsuit makes no sense...which is probably why Disney is asking the court to throw out the case. Disney does no significant business in this state and the court actually has no jurisdiction on the issue, so Disney claims.
Regardless, the reason this lawsuit makes no sense is simply this.
If the couple writes screenplays, you would think they would have noticed the issue before last week. Sweet Home Alabama came out in 2002. That is nearly 4 years now. This couple has sat around this whole time doing diddly squat. How are they even going to prove anything? Did they PUBLISH the screenplay? If they did not actually get it copyrighted, I do not see how they even have a case.
I hate stupidity. I hate it worse when it is Stupidity mixed with a Get Rich Quick scheme that involves screwing over a third party.

Anyway, those are my thoughts on this issue.