A lawsuit filed in Manhattan claims Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures Corp. ripped off the plot from Alfred Hitchcock's classic Rear Window when they made the movie Disturbia. Which I had honestly believed was a remake. That it would have been trying to pass as anything other than that would be insane.
The copyright infringement lawsuit, filed Monday, says Disturbia's story is "essentially the same" as the Hitchcock movie, which was taken from a short story Cornell Woolrich wrote in 1942.
The suit says Spielberg, Dreamworks and Paramount should have obtained rights from the trust.
"What the defendants have been unwilling to do openly, legitimately and legally, [they] have done surreptitiously, by their back-door use of the Rear Window story without paying compensation," the lawsuit said. Representatives for Spielberg, DreamWorks and Paramount said they don't comment on pending litigation.
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I also had thought it was a... (Below threshold)1. Posted by BlueNight | September 10, 2008 12:23 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I also had thought it was a legit remake. That's like Richard Hatch not paying taxes on the Survivor prize money. They're an intellectual property company, for crying out loud! Any studio lawyer should have spotted this as soon as the script arrived.
But I applaud the wit of whoever came up with "their back-door use of the Rear Window story." Bravo, sir. Bravo indeed.
1. Posted by BlueNight | September 10, 2008 12:23 AM |
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Posted on September 10, 2008 00:23