Apple Sued Over ‘Tetris’ by Gizmodo Editor, Who Alleges Film Stole From His Book About Soviet Game
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor Dan Ackerman, editor in chief of tech news site Gizmodo, alleges Apple TV+ film “Tetris” illegally copied from his book on the popular video game, in a lawsuit he filed seeking at least $4.8 million in damages from Apple and others.
Ackerman’s “The Tetris Effect: The Game That Hypnotized the World,” published in 2016, is about the game’s origins in the former Soviet Union and the fight for its global licensing rights.
The lawsuit touted the book as a “literary masterpiece” and described it as “in the style of Cold War spy thriller.” According to the lawsuit, Ackerman sent a pre-publication copy of the book to the Tetris Co.
in 2016 but that the company refused to engage in a deal with him for any projects related to the book — and sent him a “strongly worded cease-and-desist letter.” In the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S.
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