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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 05/17/2007 : 01:45:26 AM
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Hat tip blogger Baseball Crank (yes, really):
A California appeals court throws out a lawsuit against the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), holding that under California's SLAPP statute (designed to reduce lawsuits targeting public speech), IMDb was entitled to immunity from suit for basing its listing of film credits on the credits used by the studios. The plaintiff claimed an entitlement to be listed as a producer on three films but had had his credits deleted by the studio after he left its employ.
The producer in question is David Kronemeyer, whose list of noncredited credits includes My Big Fat Greek Wedding. When Kronemeyer petitioned the IMDB to credit him as co-producer on Greek Wedding and two other movies, the IMDB declined, stating that Kronemeyer's name was never credited.
So Kronemeyer sued them.
Baseball Crank's post:
[url]http://baseballcrank.com/archives2/2007/05/lawpop_culture_2.php[/url]
More info here (Acrobat file, but it's only 12 pages long):
[url]http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/documents/B193613.PDF[/url] |
Edited by - zombiewhacker on 05/17/2007 01:47:02 AM
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