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Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.: Is Equity in Copyright Law Down for the Count?
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Ostroff, Jordyn |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | Raging Bull, a 1980 film depicting the rise and fall of Italian-American middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta, is considered by many to be an icon of American film. Directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert DeNiro, the film chronicles LaMotta’s grueling climb to the national boxing championship, and the jealous, self-destructive rages that ultimately destroyed him.1 The film appears on nearly every list of the “best” films, including film critic Roger Ebert’s “Ten Greatest Films of All Time,” TIME Magazine’s “All-Time 100 Movies,” and the American Film Institute’s “100 Greatest American Movies of All Time,” to name just a few.2 Although the film earned eight Oscar nominations, it initially underperformed at the box office.3 However, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (“MGM”) continued to make the film available in various formats, and it eventually earned a substantial profit.4 In 2009, twenty-nine years after the initial release of Raging Bull, the daughter of the author of the film’s screenplay sued the film studio for copyright infringement.5 Her suit was timely filed within the Copyright Act of 1976’s (“Copyright Act”) threeyear statute of limitations, since she sought relief only for MGM’s |
| Starting Page | 965 |
| Ending Page | 965 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.15779/Z38X29T |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://btlj.org/data/articles2015/vol30/30_AR/0965-0990_Ostroff_Final%20111915.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2080&context=btlj&httpsredir=1&referer= |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2080&context=btlj |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.15779/Z38X29T |
| Volume Number | 30 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
