'Raging Bull' Fight to Hit Supreme Court — hollywoodreporter.com

As TV broadcasters prepare to square off against streaming service Aereo at the U.S. Supreme Court, another Hollywood case quietly is headed there much sooner. On Jan. 21, the court will review an important dispute over Raging Bull, the 1980 classic with Robert De Niro as boxer Jake LaMotta. Paula Petrella's father wrote a screenplay and book that became part of the basis for the Martin Scorsese film. She believes rights to Raging Bull‘s underlying material have reverted to her father’s heirs and that MGM and Fox owe her millions of dollars for committing copyright infringement with continued distribution of the film.

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