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22 June 2018Copyright

Director targets Disney’s ‘Inside Out’ in copyright suit

A film director has filed a copyright lawsuit against entertainment companies Disney and Pixar after he noticed “striking similarities” between a short film he created at college and their 2015 animation film “ Inside Out”.

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