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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
TV lawyers are dumb.
Better question is how did Warner Bros.' lawyers miss the fact that the TV show Dukes of Hazzard was based on a 1974 movie called Moonrunners, and apparently the TV show producers never got theatrical motion picture rights?
So Warner Bros. is infringing on Moonrunners' copyright, and the producer of Moonrunners this week got a preliminary injunction against Stiffler, Johnny Knoxville, Jessica Simpson et al. Warners just paid this producer $17.5 million to settle the suit and avoid having all their prints confiscated by federal marshals.
Bwahahahhahaha. That's going to change some P&Ls up there.
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Why the PIs against the actors? Did they have % of receipts deals?
ETA: is not realizing that TV rights had been secured but movie rights hadn't been (which I guess must be standard procedure for tv/movie lawyers, so yes, it's stupid), really worse than not realizing that blatantly-prohibited bases fordiscriminating, er, choosing among potential neighbors might pose a legal problem?
