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Actors want money from 'America's Most Wanted'
Allegedly, the producers of the long-running Fox show gave these actors short-thrift as well. Tags: Accounting Contracts & Riders Litigation Talent & Studios By Eriq Gardner Has any "America's Most Wanted" viewer ever stopped to ask whether the actors portraying serial rapists and bank robbers studied Method? Probably not.
THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Redbox Settles With Fox, Universal Over DVD Rentals
From the National Law Journal, news that Redbox, the movie rental company, has agreed to settle its antitrust dispute with Twentieth Century Fox and Universal. Under the settlement, the company will wait 28 days before putting the studios' newly released
Media Law Prof Blog - Tuesday, April 27, 2010
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Entertainment Law Update Podcast – Episode 9, Olympic trademarks, album integrity, and more.
Other setbacks for Redbox come from Walmart and Target who have recently begun to enforce a DVD purchase cap on new releases, likely motivated by studios instead of consumer access. Warner Brothers settled with Redbox and agreed to distribute DVDs 28 days after their release dates, while others like Fox and Universal have not. et al.
Gordon P. Firemark - Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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  • Fox lawsuit wonders why studios ever buy insurance
    By Eriq Gardner Fox Entertainment wants to know if there's really any point in taking out insurance on a movie. The company has filed a fascinating lawsuit against Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, saying the insurer sold Fox coverage that was. Tags: Contracts & Riders Litigation Talent & Studios
    THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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  • Indie Studio Combine Announced
    It's odd that they picked the name DF Indie Studios. Studio" to me connotes the old Hollywood system, with its back-lots and theaters (you had to have both to be called a major studio). DF INDIE STUDIOS LAUNCHES A PRODUCER-CENTRIC VENTURE WITH GUARANTEED U.S. foreign sales maverick Glen Basner will handle foreign sales.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, June 15, 2009
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  • Fox Fires Friedman for Reviewing Pirated Wolverine?
    What was Fox News 411 columnist Roger Friedman thinking? It's hard to fathom what was going on in his mind when he downloaded the pirated early edit of Fox's Wolverine and reviewed it. Well, not surprisingly, Fox has let the freelancer go, reports Nikki Finke. Tags: Summer Movies Fox piracy Wolverine
    Thompson On Hollywood - Sunday, April 5, 2009
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  • Boxoffice Up, DVDs Down
    But while it's nice to think that the movie business is recession-proof, boffo ticket sales are not enough to keep the studios in clover. once the lion's share of the studios' worldwide revenues--55% in 1980-- now accounts for about 20% of the total revenue pie. In 2005, DVD sales contributed 59% of the studio revenues.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Monday, February 16, 2009
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  • Fox Searchlight's Crazy Heart Acquisition Marks Changing Market
    In one of the first acquisitions since Peter Rice left Fox Searchlight to run Fox TV, Searchlight co-presidents Nancy Utley and Steve Gilula acquired worldwide rights to rookie director Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart , which stars Jeff Bridges as an aging country star and Maggie Gyllenhaal as a young reporter. There's more to it than that.
    Thompson On Hollywood - Tuesday, July 21, 2009
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  • Studios escalate battle against movie rental kiosks
    By Eriq Gardner Another major studio is joining the fight against movie rental kiosks that let consumers watch movies for as little as one dollar. According to Ars Technica, Fox has ordered its wholesalers not to sell its DVDs to.
    THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Friday, August 7, 2009
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  • Court grants summary judgment for studios in Gary Fung/IsoHunt case; no DMCA safe harbor for inducement
    In a major legal victory for copyright owners, a federal judge in Los Angeles has granted summary judgment for the movie studios in their suit against Gary Fung, owner of IsoHunt and several other popular BitTorrent index sites. Disclosure: I worked on this case for plaintiff Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. Columbia v. 334 F.3d 2003)."
    Copyrights & Campaigns - Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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  • “Watchmen” Settlement Reached, But the Fight Could Have Easily Been Avoided
    After a nasty public battle between media giants Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox , comic book fans can once again look forward to March 6. Last year, Fox sued Warner Brothers, claiming that it owned the rights to the film. The film had been in development since at least 1986 when Fox acquired the rights to adapt the graphic novel.
    JetLawBlog - Sunday, January 18, 2009
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  • RealNetworks asserts antitrust claims against studios; claims CSS license is vehicle for group boycott
    Press reports suggest that things are going pretty well for the major movie studios in their effort to convince federal judge Marilyn Hall Patel to enjoin the sale of RealNetworks' RealDVD ripping software. But Real isn't waiting for a ruling to hit back -- hard -- against the studios and the DVDCCA. Charges Real : 48. h/t NY Times ).
    Copyrights & Campaigns - Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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  • Showrunner sues Fox over WGA strike suspension
    By Matthew Belloni Veteran TV showrunner Kevin Abbott has sued Twentieth Century Fox Television claiming that the studio owes him $1.38 million for improperly withholding payments and suspending his overall deal during the 2007-08 WGA strike. According the breach of.
    THR, Esq. Entertainment & Media Law Blog - Thursday, May 28, 2009
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