Protecting against an effort by Universal Studios to quit release of ‘Fifty Shades of Grey: A XXX Adaptation,’ Smash photos contends that the famous erotic publications originally had been posted on fan-fiction web sites.

Eriq Gardner

The makers of a porn film titled Fifty Shades of Grey: A XXX Adaptation in November, Universal Studios sued Smash Pictures. Universal is alleging copyright and trademark infringement and seeking to obtain an injunction that stops the porn form of EL James‘ blockbuster novel from being distributed.

Smash photos now has taken care of immediately the lawsuit with a counterclaim, also it’s quite scintillating.

In line with the adult movie company, Universal has asserted invalid and unenforceable copyrights regarding the publications by James, whoever genuine title is Erika Leonard Mitchell. What’s more, the defendant claims that the house that Universal paid $5 million to turn as a film adaptation is within the general public domain.

“On information and belief, up to 89% regarding the content associated with presumably copyrighted materials grew away from a multi-part variety of fan fiction called Masters regarding the Universe based on Stephenie Myer’s (sic) Twilight novels. [Read more…]