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Intellectual Property

Mar. 14, 2000

Phantom Pen

^^Entertainment Law^^ Tease: Writer who contributed to the script and direction of Malcolm X not a co-author. Page 7. Phantom Pen Spike Lee Case Limits Co-Authorship to Primary Authors

By James W. Morando and Stephanie Powers Skaff
         On Feb. 4, in Aalmuhammed v. Lee, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a claim of copyright "co-authorship" by an individual working without a written contract who contributed to the script and direction of the movie "Malcolm X." Aalmuhammed v. Lee, 2000 U.S.App.Lexis 1378 (9th Cir. 2000). The court held that ...

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