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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The Puzo estate aren't necessarily "vultures." They're just allegedly violating the contract.
Again, Puzo himself voluntarily signed the deal. Copyright is very flexible, and in most nations includes lots of provisions for the transfer of copyright. His estate is still "provided for" in the sense that they still receive payments deriving from the series.
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Exactly.
Copyright deals are contracts and there is usually room for interpretation/debate.
All we really know is the estate thinks it owns enough of the copyright to be able to commission sequels and Paramount begs to differ. Given that we're apparently not talking about a standard screenplay/book adaptation contract there might be enough gray area for both sides to believe they're in the right.
No need for heroes or villains or legislation.
