A writer advanced a copyright claim over scenes he allegedly wrote for Paramount Global’s 2022 movie “Top Gun: Maverick,” though the New York federal court rejected his claim of co-ownership of the screenplay.
Shaun Gray claimed to be the only one of several contributors to not sign a work-for-hire contract that would’ve forfeited his copyright in his lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. Judge Jed S. Rakoff denied Paramount’s bid to dismiss his copyright infringement claim for his work that made it into the movie, but granted dismissal of his argument that it ...
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