[steve-b]

Hollywood's action should be dismissed with prejudice (that's legalese for "get this nonsense out of my courtroom and don't ever bring it back"). It's equivalent to claiming that snipping a copy out of a newspaper and throwing away the rest is copyright infringement.

[RAT Patrol]

Exactly, steve. I agree 100%.

[Oztrich Boy]

Nope. The Sanitzers are caught dead to rights are should be thrown into the slammer to make special friends with Roscoe the weightlifter.

BERNE CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WORKS (Paris Text 1971)

Article 14
(1) Authors of literary or artistic works shall have the exclusive right of authorizing:
(i) the cinematographic adaptation and reproduction of these works, and the distribution of the works thus adapted or reproduced;
(ii) the public performance and communication to the public by wire of the works thus adapted or reproduced.