Monday, January 19, 2009

Another movie imitates a famous magazine cover in its poster case

Here is a link to two summaries, with photos, of a simliar case to Steinberg v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., 663 F. Supp. 706 (S.D.N.Y. 1987).

In Leibovitz v. Paramount Pictures, Paramount promoted the 3rd Naked Gun movie by mimicing Leibovitz's very famous Vanuty Fair cover of a majestic pregnant Demi More with Leslie Nelson's head photoshopped on.

Unlike with the New Yorker Cover, the court found for Paramount as a fair use.

2 comments:

  1. I think parody. The subtitle of the movie, "The Final Insult," may be some explanation for why they made the poster.

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