The photographs below were presented by Hudson as evidence that Eddie Murphy and the defendants copied from his plays No Harm, No Foul and Bronx House to make the motion picture Life.
The standard for proof of copying as a matter of law is "whether an average lay observer (an average or everyday person) would recognize the alleged copy as having been appropriated from the copyrighted work."
Judge Block ruled against Hudson citing, "After reading the scripts and viewing the movie and the play, the Court concludes that no reasonable jury could find a substantial similarity between the protected elements of No Harm, No Foul and Life."As a reasonable person, what's your conclusion? Click on the "comment" link to make a coment on the photos.
