Legal Opinion
Seven Arts Filmed Entertainmen v. Content Media Corporation Plc
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 6, 2013No. 11-56759PublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’ SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We are invited to decide the ownership of copyrights in several motion pictures. The question is whether the three-year statute of limitations in the Copyright Act applies.
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This appeal is the latest chapter in a decade-long quest by Seven Arts Filmed Entertainment Limited (“Seven Arts”) 1 to establish ownership of copyrights in several motion pictures — as relevant here: Rules of Engagement, An American Rhapsody, and Who is Cletis Tout?.
On May 27, 2011, Seven Arts sued Paramount Pictures Corp. (“Paramount”) and Content Media Corp. PLC (“Content”) for…
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