Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation
Nov. 30, 2022
Paramount accuses 'Top Gun' plaintiffs of trying to monopolize historical facts
In the lawsuit filed by the original author's widow and son, the nature of the action stated that the "iconic 1986 film all started with Paramount securing exclusive motion picture rights to Ehud Yonay's copyrighted story immediately after its publication," and noted the story was credited on the original film. Yonay et al. v. Paramount Pictures Corporation et al., 2:22-CV-03846 (C.D. Cal., filed June 6, 2022.)
Fighting a copyright lawsuit by the heirs of a magazine writer whose article was credited on screen for the original "Top Gun," Paramount Pictures argued in an answering brief that neither the 1986 film nor its sequel this year are derivative works of the late author's nonfiction story.
"By claiming that 'Top Gun: Maverick' infringes [Ehud] Yonay's nonfiction article, the [plaintiff] Yonays impermissibly seek to give themselves a monopoly...
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