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Disney stole “Pirates of the Caribbean” screenplay, Colorado writers claim in lawsuit

Screenwriters who claim they presented a screenplay in 1999 to The Walt Disney Company called “Pirates of the Caribbean” are suing Disney Enterprises in U.S. District Court in Denver claiming copyright infringement. The federal case was filed Tuesday on behalf of screenwriters Arthur Lee Alfred II and Ezequiel Martinez and producer Tova Laiter by Colorado Springs attorneys Elizabeth Thomas, Ryan Gillman and Gregory Maceau. The plaintiffs, who live in Colorado, are seeking jury awards for copyright infringement including punitive damages and injunctive relief to restrain Disney and its numerous affiliates from further infringement, the lawsuit says. Disney has not responded to an email seeking comment on the lawsuit. Disney pirated the plaintiff’s expression of themes, settings, dialogue, characters, plot, mood and sequence of events from their original spec screenplay, according to the lawsuit.

 

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