Midnight in Paris: Sony sued for a replica
Accused of using a quote from the writer William Faulkner without permission Midnight in Paris, Sony is the subject of a complaint filed by the beneficiaries of the author.
Midnight in Paris did not only stars in the eyes of lovers of the French capital. He managed to enrage the beneficiaries of William Faulkner. Faulkner Literary Rights, the company that owns the rights to the works of the American writer, has filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures for unauthorized use of a replica in the feature film Woody Allen. Remember, in the movie, Gil (Owen Wilson) is totally amazed by the Paris of the 1920s, when he said this sentence: "The past is not dead! Actually, it is not even past."
Midnight in Paris: Sony sued for a replica
According to the rightholders Faulkner, it is a quote from the novel Requiem for a Nun and "Sony had no right to use the name or Faulkner's work to his advantage, they say. In distributing this film, Sony has committed a dishonest act, fraudulent, deliberate and / or willful. "It is therefore natural that the company filed a complaint and request for damages as compensation for the violation of rights, as well as restitution of profits and costs. Midnight in Paris: Sony sued for a replica Sony has taken to respond to this in question. To defend themselves, the production company said: "This brief reference to a quote after a public discourse Faulkner is a permitted use and reverse any claim is unfounded."
Won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Midnight in Paris is one of the biggest hits of Woody Allen. The film, in fact, raised more than $ 150 million in worldwide revenue. It seems that it is the envy
Accused of using a quote from the writer William Faulkner without permission Midnight in Paris, Sony is the subject of a complaint filed by the beneficiaries of the author.
Midnight in Paris did not only stars in the eyes of lovers of the French capital. He managed to enrage the beneficiaries of William Faulkner. Faulkner Literary Rights, the company that owns the rights to the works of the American writer, has filed a lawsuit against Sony Pictures for unauthorized use of a replica in the feature film Woody Allen. Remember, in the movie, Gil (Owen Wilson) is totally amazed by the Paris of the 1920s, when he said this sentence: "The past is not dead! Actually, it is not even past."
Won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Midnight in Paris is one of the biggest hits of Woody Allen. The film, in fact, raised more than $ 150 million in worldwide revenue. It seems that it is the envy