The Social Network

(2010)   Tags: Columbia

Aaron GREENSPAN v. RANDOM HOUSE, INC.

On November 18, 2011, pro se plaintiff Aaron Greenspan filed a five-count complaint seeking damages and injunctive relief against defendants.  According to the allegations of the complaint, the book The Accidental Billionaires “is an unauthorized derivative of [Greenspan’s] non-fiction book Authoritas.”

Random House purportedly “sold derivative rights, including motion picture rights, in The Accidental Billionaires to” Columbia Pictures, which made and released a movie, The Social Network, based on The Accidental Billionaires.  As a result of the defendants’ actions, the plaintiff has advanced claims of copyright infringement.

Judgment: It is ORDERED that the Motion Of Random House, Inc., Mezco, Inc., And Benjamin Mezrich To Dismiss With Prejudice is ALLOWED.  It is FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.’s Motion To Dismiss Complaint be, and the same hereby is, ALLOWED. Judgment shall enter dismissing the complaint in its entirety.