Call of Duty Lawsuit Accuses Activision of Copyright Infringement Over Operator Mara
✖
Writer and photographer Clayton Haugen has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Activision and Infinity Ward over the
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare operator Mara. In a filing obtained by TorrentFreak, the plaintiff alleges that Activision s character infringes on his copyright for a character named Cade Janus. Janus is the subject of a storyline called
November
Renaissance, which Haugen had written and was pitching to movie studios. In 2017, Haugen hired Twitch streamer, actress, and model Alex Zedra for a series of photographs he created as part of that pitch. Those photos were published on Instagram, Haugen s website, and on calendars he created.