{"id":16222,"date":"2011-09-16T07:03:46","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T12:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=16222"},"modified":"2018-11-18T23:35:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T04:35:43","slug":"harlan-ellison-sues-in-time-producers-for-copyright-infringement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/09\/16\/harlan-ellison-sues-in-time-producers-for-copyright-infringement\/","title":{"rendered":"Harlan Ellison Sues IN TIME Producers For Copyright Infringement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Harlan Ellison has filed a lawsuit against the producers of the upcoming Justin Timberlake-starring science-fiction thriller In Time<\/strong>, claiming copyright infringement.<\/p>\n

The science-fiction writer alleges that t he film’s concept has been liberally cribbed from his short story “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said The Tick Tock Man.” Ellison’s story tells of a dystopian future where time is strictly regulated and merely the act of being late for something is a criminal offense. In Time<\/strong> tells of a near-future world where time has become a currency which leads to people selling years off of their lives to the upper class.<\/p>\n

According to Deadline<\/a>, who broke the story, Ellison is seeking to have the have the film’s October 28th release blocked.<\/p>\n

While I’ll admit that it has been years since I last read “Repent,” I’m not so sure that there are enough similarities between the two stories to constitute infringement. But then again, Ellison not only has a history of filing such lawsuits, he has a history of winning such legal actions. You need look no further than the suit he filed against James Cameron and the producers of the first Terminator<\/strong> movie claiming that the film “borrowed” heavily from two stories he had originally written for the Outer Limits<\/em> television anthology series.<\/p>\n

Recently, Ellison optioned the film rights to the short story to J. Michael Straczynski, who is spearheading an attempt to get it on the big screen.<\/p>\n

Ellison famously wrote the short story in 1965 in a single six-hour session as a submission to a Milford Writer’s Workshop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The noted science-fiction author claims the new films steals ideas from one of his classic short stories.<\/div>\n

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