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My roomates know this guy and he mentioned that he is talking to the original creators of the film. I wonder if they will take any legal copyright action against him.

After reading the article it's interesting to see how his classmates/fellow filmmakers have reacted to this. We haven't heard anything about legal action being taken by the original creators, but it seems that this guy has been taken to the people's court!

Suing just to figure out who has the rights…

this film really puts forth some interesting thoughts and ideas about copyright law and its validity in today's cultural marketplace.

"Surveys have found the number of people who think digital copyright infringement is wrong has increased from 34% in 2007 to 54% in 2010." The keyword here being "think." Just because we know it's wrong doesn't mean we'll stop doing it.

Films by Hitchcock, books by Virginia Woolf and Picasso's Guernica--just to name a few--are some of the works that are no longer readily accessible to the public. In a new case, Golan v. Holder, orchestra conductors, teachers and film archivists, are fighting for the right to perform, adapt and distribute creative works that they relied on for years without having to consider copyrights and their respective fees. Should these famous works be returned to the public domain?

I think Mr. Gordon may have a good chance of winning the lawsuit. If you look at the original picture he drew, you can see that it was more than just an idea that was taken and used to make Kung Fu Panda. He even titled his own drawings "Kung Fu Panda Power." When comparing this to Rihanna's infringement for her S&M music video, I feel that Rihanna has a better chance of escaping charges for infringement than does Dreamworks, because Rihanna was able to take photos and recreate them originally into a different form of media. Kung Fu Panda, on the other hand, is an animated film, which means that these photos weigh more heavily because they were not really originally transformed, they are the same pictures, just moving. This will be an interesting case to follow.

Dunlap, Grubb & Weaver is going after individuals who have pirated films like last year's Oscar winner, 'Hurt Locker,' off of P2P file-sharing sites. Usually, the firm settles for a fine from $1,500 to $3,000. Do you think this fine range fits the crime?