Paramount Pictures hit with copyright lawsuit for 'Top Gun: Maverick'

The family of Ehud Yonay, the man who wrote the article that inspired the original 'Top Gun', are suing Paramount Pictures over its sequel.

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Turns out Paramount was supposed to reacquire rights to Ehud’s article after being terminated under the US Copyright Act.

The lawsuit reads that the family informed Paramount that the right to the article will be terminated after two years and the studio's two years expired in January 2020.

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With the media involved, Marc Toberoff, the lawyer representing the family, said to BBC News: "Much as Paramount wants to pretend otherwise, they made a sequel to 'Top Gun' after they lost their copyright."

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