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TYLER PERRY TESTIFIES IN COPYRIGHT TRIAL: Mogul insists 'Mad Black Woman' screenplay was his original idea.
*Tyler Perry took the stand Wednesday in a copyright infringement lawsuit brought by a woman claiming he lifted material from her play for his 2005 film "Diary of a Mad Black Woman."
Donna West's federal lawsuit argues that Perry stole concepts from a script she wrote titled "Fantasy of a Black Woman," which was based primarily on her own experiences.
Jurors on Tuesday watched Perry's film and listened to a reading of West's play, which was performed in 1991 at the Junior Black Academy of Arts and Letters at the Dallas Convention Center.
West wants a jury to award her family all the profits made from Perry's movie, which earned some $50 million at the box office.
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Donna West leaving courtroom in Marshall, TX (phot Marshall News Messenger)
According to the Marshall News Messenger, Perry insisted that his screenplay is an original work, but under cross examination by West's attorney, said he did not know whether anyone actually saw him write the script.
Perry's attorney said his client no longer has the original copy of "Diary" because he sends all his work to the Library of Congress for a copyright.
West's attorney, Aubrey "Nick" Pittman, suggested that Perry copied ideas from other movies and incorporated them into "Diary." He asked Perry whether he had taken concepts from "Mrs. Doubtfire," "The Color Purple," "An Officer and a Gentleman" and Martin Lawrence's role in "Big Momma's House."
"I never stole anything from anybody — never," Perry said, locking his eyes with the jury.
L.D. Dabney, an associate of West and a theater arts enthusiast of the Dallas area, testified earlier Wednesday that when he first saw Perry's film in July 2006, he figured it was based on West's play because he knew what was going to happen from one scene to the next.
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