Legal Opinion
Canal+ Image UK Ltd. v. Lutvak
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 29, 2011No. 10 Civ. 1536(RJH)PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge:
Defendants Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman (“Defendants”) move to dismiss claims by Canal + Image UK Ltd. (“Canal+ ”) for infringement of Canal+’s copyright in the film Kind Hearts and Coronets (the “Film”) as well as for breach of a contract regarding the rights to develop a stage musical adaptation of that film. For the reasons that follow, the Court finds that no reasonable jury could find that Defendants’ musical is substantially similar to the protectible aspects of the Film and that the Copyright Act preempts a claim for breach of contract in the…
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