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Kath, the difference is that Bilbo gave the Ring away of his own volition; he wanted to. Frodo had the Ring forcibly taken from him - that is, bitten off. Gollum lost it; he had no desire to let the Ring go. When Frodo and Gollum each lost the Ring, neither had any desire to part with it.
The other difference between the book and the movie is that after Gollum bit the Ring off, Frodo did not get back up in the book. Sam had to carry him out of the mountain once Gollum had toppled into the Crack. If Frodo could have, he may well have gotten up and battled Gollum for the Ring in the book. But I don't think that he could have - the Ring, while still in existance, still had power over his mind. If the Ring had not been destroyed, I think it is possible that Frodo himself may have been destroyed (mentally, not physically) by having the Ring so forcibly taken from him after claiming it for his own. Frodo was only at peace after the Ring was destroyed. Even Gollum only lost the Ring; it had not been taken directly from him. Frodo was in such a bad mental state at that point that I don't know if he could have recovered.
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