Copyright Claims About Spanish-Language Religious Films Time-Barred, Judge Rules

( June 6, 2025, 12:56 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California federal judge dismissed with prejudice a Mexican motion picture company’s copyright infringement complaint involving multiple Spanish-language films telling stories from the life of Jesus Christ, agreeing with the defendant film distributors that the plaintiff company’s claims are time-barred by the Copyright Act’s statute of limitations....