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DEWEEVER v. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

No. 00 CIV. 4629(NRB).

178 F.Supp.2d 417 (2001)

Godfrey Van DeWEEVER, Plaintiff, v. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, The Road to El Dorado, Dreamworks Skg, Dreamworks Pictures, Dreamworks Distributors LLC, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

December 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Godfrey Van DeWeever, New York City, Plaintiff, pro se.

Tom J. Ferber, Esq., Michael G. Goldberg, Esq., Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn LLP, New York City, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BUCHWALD, District Judge.

Plaintiff, the author of a one-act play entitled "The Sacrifice," sued defendants for copyright infringement stemming from their production and release of the animated film, "The Road to El Dorado" ("El Dorado"). Defendants subsequently moved for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56. Because we find that the two works are radically dissimilar...

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