An archeologist-screenwriter sued Paramount Pictures for copyright infringement, claiming many scenes from his movie "Black Rainbow" were similar to those in "Indiana Jones and the Raider of the Lost Ark". However, after watching both movies, the court found "Black Rainbow" to be a vulgar script with sexual and drug scenes, while "Indiana Jones" was a tongue-in-cheek action adventure story, dismissing the copyright claim.
3. COPYRIGHT
The archeologist-screenwriter, Mr. Zambito, sued Paramount Pictures for
copyright infringement and claimed that a lot of the scenes from his movie “Black
Rainbow” were similar to those in “Indiana Jones and the Raider of the Lost Ark”.
Mr. Zambito claimed that his film “Black Rainbow” is a swashbuckling
adventure involving an archeologist is search of treasure in Peru, which is a lot like
Indiana Jones right?
4. I n d i a n a Jo n e s
&
Black Rainbow The Raider of the Lost Ark
Claimed to be a swashbuckling Is an adventure involving an
adventure involving an archeologist archeologist in search of treasure in
is search of treasure in Peru. Peru.
After having watched the movie the After having watching the movie the
court found Black Rainbow to be "a court found Indiana Jones to be "a
somber, vulgar script replete with tongue-in-cheek, action-packed, Jack
overt sexual scenes, cocaine Armstrong, all-American adventure
smuggling and cold-blooded killing." story."
5. MY OPINION
My opinion is that Indiana Jones & The Raider of the lost Arc is not
copyrighted in even the slightest way and I’ve never even heard of “Black
Rainbow” before this. As the article tells us at the very end the Court shares
my opinion because its quite obvious that Mr. Zambito and his movie lost the
case.