Judiciary Report - M. Night Shyamalan

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Litigation initiated by Simon & Schuster Inc., against M. Night Shyamalan and Disney for the film “The Village,” which infringes the copyrights of author Margaret Peterson Haddix's book "Running Out of Time," published in 1995. Simon & Schuster spokeswoman Tracy Van Straaten stated, "This is a children's book that sold more than half a million copies and won prizes, so it's not an obscure book for us." Peterson, like Aisha, was bombarded with queries from her readers asking if she noticed Shyamalan film used portions of her copyrighted book.

Shyamalan has previously battled a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a Pennsylvania screenwriter who claimed the plot from his 2002 film "Signs" mirrored his unpublished script "Lord of the Barrens." Source: San Francisco Chronicle