Apple has defeated a lawsuit that alleged the “Tetris” documentary on Apple TV+ ripped off a book written by tech journalist Dan Ackerman. As detailed by Reuters, U.S. District Judge Katherine Failla determined that the “book and the movie were not similar enough to support Ackerman’s allegations.”
Ackerman, the former editor-in-chief of Gizmodo and current editor-in-chief of MicroCenter, filed the lawsuit in 2023. The lawsuit alleged that the documentary “Tetris” was “substantially similar in almost all material respects” to his book published in 2016 entitled “The Tetris Effect.” The suit was filed against Apple, screenwriter Noah Pink, Marv Studios, the Tetris Company, and others.
Source: Apple defeats lawsuit alleging it ripped off tech journalist for ’Tetris’ movie on TV+ – 9to5Mac