Simon & Schuster Wants 'Light Between Oceans' IP Row Sunk

By Kevin Penton (March 29, 2017, 6:48 PM EDT) -- Simon & Schuster Inc. on Tuesday asked a federal judge to toss a copyright lawsuit brought against it, DreamWorks and ABC Inc. by an author alleging the best-selling book "The Light Between Oceans" and a similarly titled 2016 movie were ripped off from his earlier screenplay, arguing the works are not substantially similar....

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