No lawsuit for Bruno actor

A judge dismissed a copyright claim brought by a writer who claimed that a scene in the film Bruno was too similar to one in his script called Himbos.

John Musero claimed that a scene involving the “mayhem” that ensues when Bruno dons a Velcro suit in the 2009 fashion farce was ripped from Musero’s script, which had been pitched to Mosaic and later rejected by the company.

The court ruled the idea of a man in a Velcro suit isn’t subject to copyright and that the two works were not really that similar.