Netflix Wins Dismissal of ‘Squid Game’ Suit by Filmmaker (1)

Netflix Inc. won dismissal of a lawsuit by an Indian filmmaker who accused the streaming service of copying his 2009 movie for its popular Squid Game series.

The filmmaker, Soham Shah, sued Netflix in federal court in New York in September 2024. Shah alleged the show is a “blatant rip-off” of his Hindi-language film Luck, which tells the story of a “group of desperate, indebted people enticed to take part in a series of competitive games to win large sums of money,” only to learn later that losing the contests means death.

In a decision Tuesday, US District Judge ...