Disney Sued Over PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN Copyright Infringement

According to The Wrap, Jerry Bruckheimer and Walt Disney Stuidos are facing a law suit over possible copyright infringement for the popular film adventure series PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN. The plaintiff, Royce Mathew, claims he thought up many of The Details which appeared in the films and was then "duped" into a settlement when he originally threated to sue.

Included in the elements claimed to have been created by Mathew are the film's "characters, supernatural elements, storylines, plots, themes, sequence structures and screenplay elements." According to the court filing obtained by The Wrap, the suit includes other defendants, including Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of "Pirates of the Caribbean".

In the claim, the Florida resident says he gave Disney "copies of his creations over a period from 1991 to 1995, both through direct meetings and the Creative Artists Agency and William Morris Agency, but Disney subsequently credited "Pirates of the Caribbean" writers Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio with the creation of those works."

It further claims that he "is entitled, inter alia, to the billions of dollars that Disney has generated, or allowed others to generate, from the defendants' unauthorized use and exploitation" of Mathew's works.

Disney did not declined to comment to TheWrap.

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