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31 Rutgers L.J. 173 (1999-2000)
Motion Picture Copyright Infringement and the Presumption of Irreparable Harm: Toward a Reevaluation of the Standard for Preliminary Injunctive Relief

handle is hein.journals/rutlj31 and id is 195 raw text is: MOTION PICTURE COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND THE PRESUMPTION OF IRREPARABLE HARM: TOWARD A REEVALUATION OF THE STANDARD FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF K.J. Greene* I. THE CONTEXT OF MOTION PICTURE COPYRIGHT LITIGATION ............. 178 A. The Structure of Film-Making ........................................................ 178 B. How Motion Picture Copyright Litigation Arises .......................... 181 1. Literary Plagiarism: The Amistad Scenario ......................... 184 2. Use of Copyrighted Work Within a Motion Picture: The 12 M onkeys Scenario .................................................... 187 3. Digital Alteration of a Copyrighted Work Used Within a Motion Picture: The Devil's Advocate Scenario .............. 188 II. STANDARDS FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ................................................... 191 A . G enerally ........................................................................................ 19 1 B. Standards in Copyright/Intellectual Property Cases ..................... 193 C. Injunctive Relief in Other Intellectual Property Contexts ............. 195 III. POLICY/THEORETICAL BASES OF INJUNCTIVE RELIEF IN COPYRIGHT CASES ........................................................................... 197 A . Econom ic A nalysis ......................................................................... 197 1. Efficiency Theory ...................................................................... 198 2. Incentive Theory ....................................................................... 200 3. V aluation Theory ....................................................................... 201 IV. MORAL AND MORAL RIGHTS APPROACHES ......................................... 204 V . C ONCLUSION ......................................................................................... 207 Copyright infringement lawsuits by authors and artists have routinely followed the release of major motion pictures in recent years. Recent * Assistant Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, Cal.; J.D. Yale, 1989. The author would like to acknowledge Tom Selz and Arthur Ginsburg for their insights into the workings of the motion picture industry while an associate at Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz in New York. Also, I would like to acknowledge valuable comments provided by Professors Robert Denicola and Paul Goldstein, and from Steve Madsen at Cravath, Swaine & Moore. I would also like to thank Raquel Greene for her tireless encouragement and support. Any errors/omissions are my own. 173

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