WILDMON v. BERWICK UNIVERSAL PICTURES

Civ. A. No. EC 91-320-D-G.

803 F.Supp. 1167 (1992)

Donald E. WILDMON and American Family Association, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counter-defendants, v. BERWICK UNIVERSAL PICTURES, Uptown Media Associates, Inc., Paul Yule, Jonathan Stack, Channel Four International and Devillier and Donegan Enterprises, Defendants-Counter-plaintiffs.

United States District Court, N.D. Mississippi, E.D.

September 8, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin J. Bull, American Family Ass'n, Tupelo, Miss., for plaintiffs-counter-defendants.

Kay L. Trapp, Tupelo, Miss., Luther T. Munford, Walker W. Jones, III, Jackson, Miss., Martin Garbus, Russell Smith, Kyran Cassidy, New York City, for defendants-counter-plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

DAVIDSON, District Judge.

To a producer, a film is more than the sum of its parts. Each decision reflects his or her work, so that the parts become a coherent and, in this case, prize-winning whole.1 But what, if any, are the rights of participants who give the work spirit and validity? How much control should they have on the way their contribution is projected...

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