GameMill's Snoopy Game Has Been Hit With A Copyright Lawsuit
GameMill's game, Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club, is facing a copyright lawsuit from Lee Mendelson Film Productions. The lawsuit claims that the game's soundtrack contains music that infringes upon the original compositions by Vince Guaraldi. Damages sought by the plaintiff are estimated to exceed $300,000.
- ▪Lee Mendelson Film Productions has filed a legal complaint against GameMill for copyright infringement.
- ▪The lawsuit alleges that the game's score includes unlicensed music similar to Vince Guaraldi's compositions.
- ▪GameMill had previously licensed the rights to the Peanuts characters but did not secure rights for the music.
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NewsSwitch eShopLegal GameMill's Snoopy Game Has Been Hit With A Copyright Lawsuit Pay peanuts by Jim Norman20 mins ago Share: Image: GameMill EntertainmentWe don't remember the Snoopy storyline where Charlie Brown and co. end up in a legal copyright battle, but that's exactly what's happening at the moment. Lee Mendelson Film Productions (the owner of "certain intellectual property" related to the Peanuts IP) has issued a legal complaint against publisher GameMill, accusing the latter of copyright infringement in Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club's score. Okay, that's a lot to digest, and there's every chance you've never heard of Snoopy & the Great Mystery Club, so let's break it down. GameMill published the puzzle adventure game on the Switch eShop last year to relatively little fanfare.
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