Via The Guardian: Why Fox is licking its lips over Watchmen, A Christmas Eve ruling on the disputed rights to Alan Moore's graphic novel has left Warner forlorn and the film's release date up in the air:
"After four months of deliberation, Judge Feess decided that 20th Century Fox "owns a copyright interest consisting of, at the very least, the right to distribute the Watchmen motion picture"...
This is Feess's preliminary judgment, prior to a full trial, and now it's left to the two studios to thrash out an agreement, or take further legal action. If Warner Bros (and Paramount, who will be handling the film outside the US) appeals, the film could conceivably not emerge until 2011...
It seems as though Warner Brothers made an unfortunate hit on the one-tenth part of the old adage about possession and the law, and now it is paying the price for its gamesmanship."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2008/dec/30/watchmen-rights-ruling
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Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Tyler Perry takes the stand in copyright lawsuit, Washington Post, 12/4/08
Via Washington Post: Tyler Perry takes the stand in copyright lawsuit:
"Actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday that he did not steal material from a woman's play for his blockbuster movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
Donna West is suing Perry in federal court, arguing that he lifted material from a script she wrote titled "Fantasy of a Black Woman," which was based primarily on her own experiences. She wants a jury to award her family all the profits made from Perry's 2005 film, which earned some $50 million.
Perry insisted that his screenplay is an original work, but under questioning by West's attorney, said he did not know whether anyone actually saw him write the script, The Marshall News Messenger reported for its Thursday editions.
Perry's attorney said his client doesn't have an original copy of his script because he sends all his work to the Library of Congress for a copyright. "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120300676.html?sub=AR
"Actor-screenwriter Tyler Perry testified in a copyright infringement lawsuit Wednesday that he did not steal material from a woman's play for his blockbuster movie "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
Donna West is suing Perry in federal court, arguing that he lifted material from a script she wrote titled "Fantasy of a Black Woman," which was based primarily on her own experiences. She wants a jury to award her family all the profits made from Perry's 2005 film, which earned some $50 million.
Perry insisted that his screenplay is an original work, but under questioning by West's attorney, said he did not know whether anyone actually saw him write the script, The Marshall News Messenger reported for its Thursday editions.
Perry's attorney said his client doesn't have an original copy of his script because he sends all his work to the Library of Congress for a copyright. "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/03/AR2008120300676.html?sub=AR
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