Legal Opinion
Gal v. Viacom International, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 5, 2005No. 05 Civ.0263 (CSH)PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HAIGHT, Senior District Judge.
This is an action for copyright infringement under the Copyright Act of 1976, as amended, 17 U.S.C. § 101, et seq. Plaintiff Dalia Gal (“Gal” or “Plaintiff’) alleges that, through the publication of a novel credited to Mary Higgins Clark, the above-named defendants (“Defendants”) infringed Gal’s copyright in a screenplay she had authored.
Currently, there are two motions pending before the court: (1) Defendants’ motion to dismiss the amended complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), based on the asserted lack of…
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