Cases of Copyright Infringement: BSA 103 (Profs) Week 4

BSA 103 (Profs) Week 4

Task 2:

1) Pixar and Disney were sued for copyright infringement by the Luxo lamp company, not because they used the lamps in one of their original short films (which had since become part of their logo), but because the studios had attempted to sell a model of the iconic lamp as a novelty item included in a special edition of their 2009 film "UP". Luxo and Disney reached a settlement in which Pixar would still be allowed use of the lamp, even selling them as models, as it would simply be considered an "artistic rendition".

2) I was very surprised to find that Johnny Cash's immensely popular song "Folsom Prison Blues" was actually a copyright infringement of Gordon Jenkins' "Crescent City Blues", not only in tune, but also in lyrics. a lawsuit was filed against Cash and Jenkins was payed $75,000:

One of the copyright infringement cases I found relating to both film and music revolved around the classic Ray Parker Ghostbusters theme, which turned out to be extremely similar to Huey Lewis' "I want a new drug". Lewis filed a lawsuit but the two parties came to a confidential agreement: