STEPHEN TERRELL isn’t a copyright lawyer. But last month, he filed suit on behalf of four Californians who allege that Fox Broadcasting Co. stole their idea behind the hit reality television show, So You Think You Can Dance.

During a 2003 meeting, his clients told an agency executive about their concept and agreed to write, direct and produce the contestant show if it were accepted. No script changed hands, and nothing was copyrighted.

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