One more, and it’s a trend. A second self-published author sued Netflix on Thursday for copyright infringement over “Don’t Look Up,” the 2021 Adam McKay film about a planet-destroying comet.
Darren Hunter, of Harleysville, Pa., claims that the film stole plot, character and thematic elements from his novel “The Million Day Forecast,” which he self-published in 2015.
The suit comes one year after William Collier, of Lafayette Parish, La., filed a similar complaint, alleging that the film was actually based on his 2012 self-published novel, “Stanley’s Comet.” A federal judge dismissed that suit last month, finding that any similarities were too generic to warrant copyright protection.
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