Philip K. Dick’s Family Sues ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ Creators

The family of novelist Philip K. Dick are suing the producers and directors of the film “The Adjustment Bureau” for a portion of the film’s royalties. According to the family, the producers and directors of the film, which starred Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, did not pay the rights for the thriller. The filmmakers say no royalties need to be paid or rights purchased because the book first appeared in a 1954 magazine called Orbit, for which the rights are now in the public domain. The family’s trust countered that the magazine published the material without the author’s consent or knowledge, and maintain that the rights still fall with the trust since the novel was published in a 1973 compilation entitled “The Book of Philip K. Dick.”