Legal Opinion
Benay v. Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2010No. 08-55719PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs are two brothers, Aaron and Matthew Benay, who wrote and copyrighted a screenplay, The Last Samurai (“the Screenplay”). The Benays contend that the creators of the film The Last Samurai (“the Film”) copied from the Screenplay without permission. They sued Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc., Radar Pictures, Inc., Bedford Falls Productions, Inc., Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, and John Logan (collectively “Defendants”), who wrote, produced, marketed, and/or distributed the Film. Inter alia, the Benays alleged copyright infringement under…
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