Rechtzaak tegen Hans Zimmer over auteursrecht "12 Years a Slave" ingetrokken

World Intellectual Property Review bericht:  "German composer Hans Zimmer has received an apology from fellow composer Richard Friedman following a failed copyright infringement claim. Friedman sued Zimmer for copyright infringement in a case surrounding Zimmer’s composition used in the film “12 Years a Slave”. [...]

In the suit, Friedman claimed that Zimmer’s composition infringed copyright he owns for a track used in the soundtrack to the film “To Our Fallen”. Friedman said the main theme tune, the closing credits and eleven other “musical cues” in “12 Years a Slave” were infringing. He was seeking damages, attorney’s fees and a trial by jury."

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