Editing Watership Down (section)

=== Ownership controversy ===
On 27 May 2020, the high court in London ruled that [[Martin Rosen (director)|Martin Rosen]], the director of the 1978 film adaptation, had wrongly claimed that he owned all rights to the book, as well as terminating his contract for rights to the film. Rosen had entered into adaptation contracts worth more than $500,000 (£400,000), including licences for an audiobook adaptation and the 2018 television adaptation.

In his ruling, Judge Richard Hacon ordered Rosen to pay over $100,000 in damages for copyright infringement, unauthorised licence deals, and denying royalty payments to the Adams estate. Rosen was also directed to provide a record of all licence agreements involving ''Watership Down'', and pay court costs and the Adams estate's legal fees totalling £28,000.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/06/richard-adams-estate-wins-back-rights-to-watership-down-in-english-high-court-case-1202948220|title = Richard Adams Estate Wins Back Rights to 'Watership Down' in English High Court Case|date = 2 June 2020}}</ref>