“Venus and Serena” Continues Playing At Theaters Despite USTA Copyright Claim

Maiken Baird and Michelle Major aren’t letting the United States Tennis Associations (USTA) lawsuit trying to block their latest documentary film Venus and Serena as it opens tonight for a UK premiere just before the Wimbledon tennis matches begin. The filmmakers are expected to comment on this brouhaha at their introduction of the film at the Curzon Mayfair Cinema.

The USTA claims copyright infringement because they used some video footage shot during the U.S. Open without permission, saying the filmmakers had “broken their promises to the USTA by including unlicensed US Open footage in their commercial, for-profit film.” They filed this claim this past Friday.

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