What is the name of your state? California
Hello - I am a film maker, I made a short documentary film in 2006 about a social athletic club that became a street gang. It won an award at a major international film festival. I am still looking and hoping for some sort of distribution deal. I have a catchy title to my film.
I just talked to an author who is writing a book based upon his own experience growing up as a member of this organization. He intends to use the title of my film for the title of his book.
Can he use my film title as the title of his book without my permission? At the end of my film, I do list that the film is copyright to me. I assume that also covers my title. I know if he wrote the book first, and I tried to make a film with the same title, I could not do so without buying the motion picture / tv rights to his book. I would assume it would work the other way as well, since I created the film first, and now he is writing a book.
Any and all advise is appreciated. Thanks in advance
Hello - I am a film maker, I made a short documentary film in 2006 about a social athletic club that became a street gang. It won an award at a major international film festival. I am still looking and hoping for some sort of distribution deal. I have a catchy title to my film.
I just talked to an author who is writing a book based upon his own experience growing up as a member of this organization. He intends to use the title of my film for the title of his book.
Can he use my film title as the title of his book without my permission? At the end of my film, I do list that the film is copyright to me. I assume that also covers my title. I know if he wrote the book first, and I tried to make a film with the same title, I could not do so without buying the motion picture / tv rights to his book. I would assume it would work the other way as well, since I created the film first, and now he is writing a book.
Any and all advise is appreciated. Thanks in advance