The court agreed with the studio that the works aren't substantially similar and that any similarities are unprotectable facts not covered by copyright law.
See opening to long-ass Harris Bomberguy video about plagiarism - the last big lawsuit authors won was in the nineteen goddamn seventies.
The franchise is explicitly based on this guy and his stories. They licensed the rights to it for the first movie. Second movie rolls around and suddenly they never heard of him?
See opening to long-ass Harris Bomberguy video about plagiarism - the last big lawsuit authors won was in the nineteen goddamn seventies.
The franchise is explicitly based on this guy and his stories. They licensed the rights to it for the first movie. Second movie rolls around and suddenly they never heard of him?