Midnight in Paris News

Judge Dismisses Faulkner Estate’s Copyright Claim Against Woody Allen Movie

A federal judge in Mississippi has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Woody Allen’s 2011 film “Midnight in Paris” improperly used one of William Faulkner’s most famous lines. Faulkner Literary Rights LLC sued Sony Pictures Classics Inc. in October in U.S. …

Woody Allen v. William Faulkner: Fair Use?

A lawsuit filed by William Faulkner’s heirs over a quote in the Woody Allen film “Midnight in Paris” has been scheduled for trial April 7, 2014, in U.S. District Court in Oxford, Mississippi. The Faulkner estate sued Sony Pictures Classics …