Q: I have a conflict with the title of my movie and the title of a famous song; let’s just say it’s “Free Fallin’.” Neither the movie’s content/storyline, nor the title of the movie itself have a reference or connection to the song lyrics at all, besides the fact that the title is the same. [...]

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Q: I made a short film in 1983 and now a feature film is being made with the same title. The storylines are not the same but nobody checked with me about using my title. What options do I have? To whom would I file a complaint? Would it be with the studio making the [...]

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We often meet with prospective clients who claim their stories or scripts have been stolen and used as the source for movies.  We tell these prospective clients that even in the best cases, it is difficult for plaintiffs to establish copyright infringement, and that the trend in recent years has been for courts to require [...]

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