Denker v. Uhry

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• holding that, as a matter of law, no substantial similarity of protectible elements existed between film “Driving Miss Daisy” and play “Horowitz and Mrs. Washington,” two works involving older Jewish individuals who overcome their racism through relationships with black helpers
• no substantial similarity between two works about an elderly white Jewish person requiring the assistance of a black helper who is initially disliked and later becomes a friend
• “generalized plot devices ... are not entitled to copyright protection.”

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