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Tupac estate joins lawsuit over defunct biopic
When Notorious pulled in more than $20 million in its first weekend in January, roughly the same amount it cost to produce, a deal for a proposed biopic of Tupac was in its final stages. Amaru Entertainment (founded by Afeni Shakur, Tupac’s mother and controller of his estate) was close to selling the rights to the production company Morgan Creek, but within a couple weeks the pact spiraled into courtroom finger-pointing.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsShepard Fairey files lawsuit against the Associated Press
Looks like we've got a classic copyright infringement battle our hands, as a new lawsuit emerges from the tangled web of campaign posters, press photos and red, white and blue.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsStan Lee, Marvel, others sued for $750 million
In a sweeping lawsuit filed Monday, Stan Lee, Marvel and several others were sued for $750 million by shareholders over profits from Stan Lee Media, a comics website that filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsJoe Satriani accuses Coldplay of plagiarizing "Viva La Vida"
First, it was a Brooklyn-based band that was raining on the Coldplay hit parade. Creaky Boards lead singer Andrew Hoepfner posted a YouTube video claiming the U.K. group's title-track single "Viva La Vida" bore a "striking" similarity to a Boards song entitled (strangely enough) "The Songs I Didn't Write."... read more
Found in: Music, NewsTurkish town called Batman wants to sue Christopher Nolan
This is special. The mayor of a Turkish town called Batman said he will explore legal options to sue Christopher Nolan, director The Dark Knight and Batman Begins, for using the town's name.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsPaul McCartney urges fans to boycott McDonald's
Hey, McDonald's, leave those bands alone!... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsSpielberg's Disturbia accused of stealing Rear Window plot
Director M. Night Shyamalan has been accused of pilfering plotlines several times in his career: Signs supposedly stole from a script for Lord of the Barrens: The Jersey Devil and The Village followed a shockingly close track to Margaret Peteson Haddix's children's novel Running Out Of Time.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJudge sets Watchmen trial date
The struggle to get the massively hyped superhero flick Watchmen into theaters now officially has a court date: Jan. 6. The news comes just a few days after the The New York Times reported the lawsuit between 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. over the rights to distribute the already-in-the-can film might cause it to be delayed a year into 2010.... read more
Found in: Books, NewsHarry Potter Vs. Hari Puttar: Warner Bros. sues filmmakers
Warner Bros., owners of the Harry Potter franchise, have confirmed that they are indeed suing the makers of an Indian film called Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors about a young boy trying to protect a secret formula created by his father from a couple of criminals.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsJackson Browne sues John McCain, Republican committee
Note to aspiring politicians everywhere: don’t use Jackson Browne’s songs in your political advertising without asking.... read more
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