Legal Opinion
Gal v. Viacom International, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 18, 2007No. 05 Civ. 0263(CSH)PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
CHARLES S. HAIGHT, JR., Senior District Judge.
In this action brought under the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, 17 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., plaintiff Dalia Gal (“Gal”), the author of the unpublished screenplay Immortalin (the “Screenplay”), alleges that the defendants infringed upon her copyright in the Screenplay through the publication of a novel credited to defendant Mary Higgins Clark (“Clark”) entitled The Second Time Around (the “Novel”).
In an opinion dated December 5, 2005, and reported at Gal v. Viacom Intern., Inc., 403 F.Supp.2d 294 (S.D.N.Y.2005) {“Gal…
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