Warner Brothers sued over "Gravity".

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Aspiring Mogul

A best-selling author, Terri Gess, is suing Warner Bros over its hit film, "Gravity". She is not saying the company stole her idea, as in copyright infringement; she is saying it breached its contract with her, because it was supposed to base its movie on her book but didn't.

This is a very different argument, and it is similar to the one Art Buchwald used when he sued Paramount Pictures over the movie, "Coming to America" starring Eddie Murphy. Buchwald won, and it has since become a seminal case.

I'm going to watch this new one closely.
 
Warner made such a load of money off Gravity that you could argue they were right not to base it off her book. Anyway, If she's right I can understand her disappointment, but I'm not sure what she's after. Cynically speaking, I'd say she's likely to be after a piece of the Gravity revenues, but If it's really about pride / justice I don't think she'll want a piece of the money of the movie they should not have made.

Interesting case. Keep us posted :)
 
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