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The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted a motion for attorney fees by Universal Studios and its production company co-defendants in long-running copyright-infringement litigation over the movie Life. But the district court said it was “highly unlikely that [the pro se plaintiff] has anything like the resources available to defendants, for whom defending copyright lawsuits is a (perhaps unfortunate) regular cost of doing business. This factor may well limit the amount of fees that should be awarded in this case.” Hudson v. Universal Studios Inc., 04 Civ. 6997(GEL).
Gregory Hudson claimed that Life infringed on his plays Bronx House and No Harm, No Foul. The U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of New York and the Southern District of New York both dismissed his claims. The studio defendants then sought modest attorney fees under Sec. 505 of the Copyright Act for prevailing on a motion for summary judgment filed to stop Hudson's suit in the Southern District regarding his play Bronx House.
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