November 30, 2017
A filmmaker is settling his copyright suit against ESPN and a producer alleging that they ripped off his 2004 documentary about a paralyzed college football player to make their own film, according to an order of dismissal signed off on by a Mississippi federal judge on Thursday.
October 31, 2017
A Mississippi federal judge on Monday refused to toss a filmmaker's copyright claims against ESPN and a producer alleging that they ripped off his 2004 documentary about a paralyzed college football player to make their own film, finding that a jury should decide if the filmmaker owns the copyrights to the story and third-party footage that he digitized.
August 04, 2017
ESPN and a documentary producer urged a Mississippi federal judge Thursday to throw out a copyright suit by the creator of a 2004 documentary about a paralyzed college football player, saying there is no evidence to support his claim that the companies unlawfully used footage from his film.
August 31, 2016
ESPN was hit with a copyright infringement and breach-of-contract suit in Mississippi federal court Wednesday accusing the sports broadcasting giant and others of reneging on a deal to use footage from a 2004 documentary about a college football player in ESPN's own 2014 version.