A lawsuit was filed against the film company of director Alexei Uchitel. Telegram channel reports this “Zvezdach”.
According to the Telegram channel, National Music Publishing House LLC filed a lawsuit against the director’s film company, Creative and Production Association Rock, in St. He filed a lawsuit in the St. Petersburg Arbitration Court.
The publishing house demands one million rubles from the film studio for copyright violations. It was not specified in which project they were violated. The meeting will take place on March 20.
Heirs of musician Viktor Tsoi in December 2021 contacted To the Moscow police because of Alexei Uchitel’s film “Tsoi”.
The plaintiffs alleged that the contract allegedly signed by Uchitel and former Lenconcert staff photographer Viktor Elizarov was falsified. The applicants believe that the photographer’s signature differs significantly from the signature under the agreement with the Rock studio.
In the agreement, it is stated that the Rock studio, which shot a movie about the leader of the Kino group, received the rights to use the musician’s photo.
The photo had already become the subject of a dispute in civil court for copyright infringement, and the Teacher won the case after reaching a settlement with Elizarov.
Previously Actor Alexei Panin was arrested in absentia in Moscow.