Law Practice
Jun. 21, 2005
Write On
EXTRA Column - Entertainment Law - By Aaron J. Moss - In a decision with wide-ranging implications for writers, producers and anyone else in the business of pitching or receiving creative property, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in Grosso v. Miramax that a writer who submitted a screenplay to a studio could sue the studio for making a movie containing similar ideas, even though the movie was not similar enough to the screenplay to support a copyright infringement claim.
In a decision with wide-ranging implications for writers, producers and anyone else in the business of pitching or receiving creative property, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in Grosso v. Miramax that a writer who submitted a screenplay to a studio could sue the studio for making...
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