They Can't Honestly Be Surprised

The makers of Disturbia have been slapped with a lawsuit from the copyright holders of the second greatest motion picture in cinema history, aka Rear Window.

The law suit cites the fact that Disturbia is so similar in story to Rear Window and the story it is based on (which the Rear Window people also hold the copyright to) that they should have obtained rights to the story. No shit. It was a complete rip-off. Not an entirely unsuccessful one as it happens, as my review pointed out at the time. But a rip-off nonetheless.

I can smell an out of court settlement coming. I can't believe they can hope to defend this successfully.