The Constable on September 11th, 2008
Today, after almost a year, the OiNK investigation came to an end. Earlier today we reported that OiNK administrator Alan Ellis was charged with “conspiracy to defraud”. Now, just hours later the alleged uploaders are charged with copyright infringement for uploading one CD.
The Constable on September 9th, 2008
Just how similar does something have to be to something else in order to be considered copyright infringement? We may find out a bit more of the answer to this question now that Dreamworks is being sued by the trust who owns the rights to the story that inspired Rear Window.
What the defendants have been unwilling to do openly, legitimately and legally, (they) have done surreptitiously, by their back-door use of the ‘Rear Window’ story without paying compensation,” the lawsuit said.
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Steven Spielberg and major Hollywood studios stole the plot from Hitchcock’s classic 1954 film “Rear Window” in making last year’s “Disturbia,” a lawsuit filed in Manhattan federal court on Monday said. Dreamworks is accused of infringement and breach of contract for making Disturbia without first obtaining permission from the copyright holders.
