New York Federal Judge: Pic From Film Set Is A Derivative Work

Mealey's ( June 15, 2022, 12:27 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The managing member of the company that produced “Mafietta” was barred from seeking copyright protection for a photograph she took on the set of the film, when a federal judge in New York on June 13 instead ruled that the image belongs to the author of the novella upon which the film is based....