Faulkner v Sony Pictures - Lawsuit over the literary past is dead

Sony Pictures Wins 'Midnight in Paris' Lawsuit Over Faulkner Quote
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/sony-pictures-wins-midnight-paris-588515

A federal judge in Mississippi declared victory on Thursday for Sony Pictures in a lawsuit brought by the owners of the rights to the literary works of the late William Faulkner.
The lawsuit contended that the film distributor violated Faulkner's copyright and the Lanham Act by allowing a character in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris to quote a passage from Faulkner’s Requiem for a Nun.
In the film, Wilson describes his fantastic experiences. He says, “The past is not dead! Actually, it's not even past. You know who said that? Faulkner. And he was right. And I met him, too. I ran into him at a dinner party.”
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Highlight of court's opinion

The court has viewed Woody Allen’s movie, Midnight in Paris, read the book, Requiem for a Nun, and is thankful that the parties did not ask the court to compare The Sound and the Fury
with Sharknado
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