A Beijing court today threw out the case of an author who alleged James Cameron plagiarized Avatar from his 1999 novel The Legend of the Blue Crow. Zhou Shaomou's book concerns a soldier at a space station who clones other human species for "exploration missions"; he was suing Cameron and 20th Century Fox for 8 percent of the film's revenue to date. What? $200 million seems reasonable for a passing resemblance, no? Especially if it means Delgo is entitled to a billion dollars or more down the line? Appeal! [NYT]