![]() ![]() MGM also acquired the right to produce remakes of the first film. and the author individually, under which MGM acquired the right to use the Tarzan character and other characters appearing in the then existing works of the author in an original story to be created by MGM as a screenplay for a motion picture. In April, 1931, MGM entered into an agreement with Burroughs, Inc. has functioned as the licensing entity for literary rights and copyrights in the author’s works. was formed by the author in 1923 and is now beneficially owned by the individual plaintiffs, the Burroughs heirs. In 1923, Burroughs transferred all of his rights including his copyright interest in “Tarzan of the Apes” to Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. Plaintiffs commenced this action against defendants for copyright infringement arising from defendant MGM’s 1981 remake of the film “Tarzan, The Ape Man.”Įdgar Rice Burroughs wrote the first of his Tarzan works “Tarzan of the Apes,” in 1912.
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