Netflix’s Emmy-winning 2018 documentary collection “Wild Wild Country” is the topic of a brand new copyright infringement lawsuit. Directors Chapman and Maclain Way, Duplass Brothers Productions, and Netflix have been sued by the Osho International Foundation—a gaggle that promotes the teachings of the documentary’s topic, controversial Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (aka Osho).
In the criticism, considered by Pitchfork, Osho International claims numerous their copyrighted movies had been used with out permission. Filmmaker Michael Hilow, one other plaintiff within the lawsuit, says footage from his 1993 documentary Rajneeshpuram an Experiment to Provoke God was additionally used with out his permission.
The lawsuit asserts that the primary episode of “Wild Wild Country” options 88 cases of copyright infringement throughout 12 minutes—“roughly a quarter of the episode’s total duration.” The lawsuit claims that the administrators, producers, and Netflix had been notified of the infringement allegations in February 2018 and “failed to meaningfully respond.” Osho International and Hilow are looking for earnings from the collection in addition to damages. Pitchfork has reached out to Netflix for remark.
Read “How ’Wild Wild Country’ Uses Indie Folk to Frame a Quintessentially American Story” over on the Pitch, and skim the review of Brocker Way’s original score.
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