Hans Zimmer Faces Second Lawsuit In Four Years

Wow, what a bunch of asshats. They're probably suing him because the guy has money... 'cause I hear themes resembling the Mars theme in many more movies.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Er... WTF, I just remembered - isn't Mars public domain anyway? How can they claim copyright infringement??

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by LeHah

Its not under public domain.

Hmm, so Wikipedia is wrong, then? It says:

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Holst's planets were finished in 1916 and first performed in their entirety in 1920 (making the composition public domain).

And there's an mp3 to the performance of the song... if it were copyrighted, it wouldn't be allowed.

Also, check this out:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pla...opular_culture
So it's used all over... I really think they're gonna get laughed out of court. At least, I hope so.

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I dont know the nuances of the law but the Holst Foundation is there to purposely keep the trademarks in place on the works of the composer.

I'm gonna have to agree with Soluzar: music cannot be trademarked. You probably meant copyrights. Still, it should probably have expired...

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