In other words, "big companies should have a spcial boy copyright exception". I expect both the slopification of everything and enforcement of copyright against individuals to continue.
Entirely unsurprising take from Cameron; given that he has never considered his theft from Harlan Ellison, Roger Dean or Joan Vinge to be ethically fraught.
Keep squealing, downvoters. Cameron's a technically excellent hack who only cares about special effects, which is why his films have maximal revenue and minimal cultural heft.
I’m not a huge fan of his, and maybe you’re only talking about more recent films, but Terminator and Titanic have more than “minimal cultural heft” as far as Hollywood movies go.
Terminator 2, Titanic and I would add Aliens to that list.
The problem with Terminator is that the plot was lifted (per Cameron's admission!) from an Outer Limits script; besides that, the significant visual was casting Arnold...which Dino DiLaurentiis might've done anyway.