Exclusive: (Updated with statement from filmmakers) After decades of legal wars between Woody Allen and Mia Farrow and various jurisdictions over sexual child assault claims against the Oscar-winning director, HBO’s Allen v. Farrow docuseries may have opened a whole new battlefield.
Skyhorse Publishing is seriously contemplating a copyright infringement lawsuit against the premium cabler and the filmmakers behind the four-part docuseries for unauthorized use of audio from Allen’s 2020 memoir Apropos of Nothing.
“Neither the producers nor HBO ever approached Skyhorse to request permission to use excerpts from the audiobook,” the publishing company told Deadline on Monday.
“Skyhorse received information second hand only at the very end of last week that each of the documentary’s four episodes makes extensive use of audiobook excerpts,” Skyhorse added.
“Promptly on Friday, February 19, our attorney notified HBO’s in-house counsel by letter that if the use of the audiobook were anywhere near what we were hearing,...
Skyhorse Publishing is seriously contemplating a copyright infringement lawsuit against the premium cabler and the filmmakers behind the four-part docuseries for unauthorized use of audio from Allen’s 2020 memoir Apropos of Nothing.
“Neither the producers nor HBO ever approached Skyhorse to request permission to use excerpts from the audiobook,” the publishing company told Deadline on Monday.
“Skyhorse received information second hand only at the very end of last week that each of the documentary’s four episodes makes extensive use of audiobook excerpts,” Skyhorse added.
“Promptly on Friday, February 19, our attorney notified HBO’s in-house counsel by letter that if the use of the audiobook were anywhere near what we were hearing,...
- 2/22/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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