BitTorrent Copyright Case Rejected In Oregon On Standing Grounds

(January 18, 2018, 11:31 AM EST) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — The author of the screenplay for the motion picture “Fathers & Daughters” is not the “legal owner” of the film, with standing to sue for infringement, because the exclusive rights to the work were transferred in a license granted within a distribution agreement, an Oregon federal judge ruled Jan. 17 (Fathers & Daughters Nevada LLC v. Lingfu Zhang, No. 16-1443, D. Ore., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7435)....