Top Gun: Maverick is one of 2022's biggest box office success stories. But could a seldom referenced provision of the Copyright Act and a timely lawsuit cause Paramount to have to pull it from theaters?
The Copyright Act is dangerous (to) Maverick...in Virtual Legality.
#topgun #maverick #copyright
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction (Thanks, Nord!)
01:47 Paramount Sued over Top Gun: Maverick
06:33 The Copyright Act and Statutory Termination
13:43 Terminating the License
19:31 Claiming Infringement
30:54 Conclusion
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Discussed in this episode:
ARTICLES
https://deadline.com/2022/06/top-gun-maverick-tom-cruise-500-million-second-weekend-jurassic-world-dominion-doctor-strange-global-international-boxofficeinternational-box-office-1235038582/
LAWSUIT
https://heitnerlegal.com/wp-content/uploads/Top-Gun-lawsuit.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun:_Maverick
https://screenrant.com/top-gun-maverick-release-date-move-hurt-mission-impossible/
LAWS
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/106
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/203
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"Virtual Legality" is a continuing series discussing the law, video games, software, and everything digital, hosted by Richard Hoeg, of the Hoeg Law Business Law Firm (Hoeg Law).
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