There was no cash in this magic bag. The Australian descendants of one of the creators of Felix the Cat claim an upstate New York man cut them out of the business for decades and controlled the rights to the cartoon feline — setting them back $100 million. Felix, the distinctive black and white cat … Read more
Pop star Miley Cyrus lost an early bid to dismiss a lawsuit in California federal court that accused her of unlawfully copying Bruno Mars’ song “When I Was Your Man” for her number-one hit “Flowers.” On Tuesday, US District Judge Dean Pregerson rejected Cyrus’ argument that Tempo Music Investments, which said it owns a share of … Read more
Let her have her flowers. Miley Cyrus is refuting allegations her song “Flowers” plagiarizes elements of Bruno Mars’ hit “When I Was Your Man.” According to court documents obtained by The Post, lawyers for the “Hannah Montana” star, 32, filed a motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit brought against her and her “Flowers” co-writers … Read more
“Winnie the Pooh” is slated to star in a horror flick next year alongside a slew of other iconic Disney characters whose copyright protections have expired — including Bambi, Pinocchio, Peter Pan and Sleeping Beauty. British production company and prolific horror filmmakers Jagged Edge Productions teamed up with independent film distributor ITN Studios to create “Winnie … Read more
Oh, toodles! The 1928 version of Mickey Mouse will now enter the public domain, despite Disney trying to save its copyright on the iconic character that started it all. Disney will lose the copyright of Steamboat Willie, the original version of Mickey that appeared in a short animation by the same name. The earliest version … Read more
Christmas morning 1983: All the presents in the Fleming household had been unwrapped — or so I thought. But then a package that had been hidden behind the tree “caught” my Dad’s eye. It was for me. Ripping into the paper on the oddly shaped box, I came face to face with a chubby face smiling … Read more
It’s not a game to him. Dan Ackerman, author of “The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World,” filed a lawsuit in New York Monday claiming that tech giant Apple and the Tetris Co., producers of the new Taron Egerton film “Tetris,” adapted his book without asking permission. According to documents obtained by The … Read more
He was singing out loud. Ed Sheeran performed a snippet of “Thinking Out Loud” in front of a Manhattan courtroom Thursday, singing and strumming a few notes on an acoustic guitar during his Marvin Gaye copyright infringement trial. While testifying on the witness stand, the “Shape of You” singer took a tan Lowden wooden acoustic … Read more
The poop is hitting the fan with the Black Eyed Peas. BMG Rights Management — the music publishing company for the Grammy-winning group behind “I Gotta Feeling,” “Boom Boom Pow” and “Where Is the Love?” — is suing a toymaker over its line of pooping unicorn dolls. The suit alleges that “My Poops” — a … Read more
Taylor Swift and her legal team can finally “shake it off.” Two songwriters and Taylor Swift came to a decision to drop the lawsuit Monday after a five-year legal battle that claimed Swift had lifted the lyrics for her hit “Shake It Off,” reported Variety. Swift and songwriters Nathan Butler and Sean Hall — who … Read more
Holy plagiarism, Batman! Hollywood’s latest swing at “The Batman,” starring Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader, is little more than a literary heist by Warner Brothers, a comic book illustrator and writer claims in a lawsuit. Christopher Wozniak argues the plot of the smash-hit 2022 film is a near carbon copy of a 1990 Batman … Read more