Chapter XXXIX: Infringement Lawsuits
Old man Charles rolled his eyes, "It was the boss who personally appointed him." ”
Well, immediately no one had any more doubts.
From the beginning of "Millionaire" to "Survivor", although Sid did not participate in the production, these programs are all gold mines dug by Sid from Europe, and now no one will question Sid's judgment within the Fire Lion.
"And the first show we worked with Gordon Ramsay was 'Hell's Kitchen!'" Charles's gesture was given, and the assistants handed out a program plan that read "Hell's Kitchen" to the crowd.
"Hell's Kitchen", as one of the most peculiar and well-known food programs in Europe and the United States, certainly has its differences.
For example, other food search programs such as CNN's main food search programs, or food production programs, and most of the food programs on European and American TV stations are of this type.
And the confrontation between the two teams in "Hell's Kitchen", the elimination of each round, and the style of cooking competition on the spot, obviously has a bit of a reality show style.
"It can be seen that this is in the style of reality TV, with elements of team and individual competitions. The vice president of the reality show department said after looking at it for a moment.
"Not bad. Old man Charles nodded and said, "We deliberately designed it this way to increase the excitement and intensity of the show." This is more complex than a simple competition or a food show. ”
"Are we going to do this show in New York, then?" asked another producer who suddenly raised his hand.
"What do you mean? Old man Charles didn't react for a while.
"Hell's Kitchen, isn't that a borough in New York?" explains with a laugh as the vice president of reality show.
"Oh, I almost forgot that. Old man Charles suddenly reacted, but he immediately shook his head, "No, we're filming this show in California." ”
As preparations began for the new program, Fire Lion sent an invitation to Gordon Ramsay, who was far away in London, through its British branch. And the young chef has also begun to sharpen his kitchen knives, ready to build his own business empire.
"Hell's Kitchen" is the first important stepping stone for both Fire Lion TV and Gordon Ramsay.
At the same time, as the spring break of the university in March is approaching, the spring program of Fire Lion TV has also reached the time of broadcasting.
The originator of the reality show "Survivor - Season 5", the popular "Hannah Montana - Season 2" and the spy drama "24 Hours - Season 2" all started broadcasting in March.
Although many people are still a little confused about Sid's request for "24 Hours" to be broadcast in the spring, this garbage schedule for the film industry is still a relatively good schedule for TV stations.
As office workers and college students return to their normal rhythms, the natural viewership of daily TV episodes will steadily pick up like the weather in spring.
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Sid's royal lawyers, a team of lawyers led by Goffman in suits and leather shoes, proudly walked into a district court in East Los Angeles, where senior lawyers from Disney's legal department were waiting for them.
"Gentlemen, the case can begin. As the white female judge spoke, the senior team of lawyers from Disney and the attorneys representing Sid's Goufman Law firm sat down.
With the female judge's order: "Then Sid Leonhardt, suing Disneyland for the infringement of illegal use of his "Pirates of the Caribbean", officially began. ”
As soon as the female judge's words fell, the chief lawyer on the Disney side stood up proudly, "Your Excellency, I don't understand how such a funny case can become an official case in the court. ”
"Mr. Okro, the trial is being held precisely because the court has new evidence and judgments, are you questioning the court's judgment?" the female judge explained, squinting her eyes.
"Of course not. Disney's chief lawyer, Okro, shook his head calmly, but the new evidence that the judge said gave him a sense of foreboding.
In fact, today's case is very simple, as we all know, the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" in "history" was inspired by Disney's water project of the same name, and then established a film project.
So when Sid officially published the adventure of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and it was widely acclaimed, he asked Goffman and others to ask Disney to collect royalties for its eponymous water amusement project.
Disney, of course, ignored this "audacious" request, because even Disney's internal legal department thinks this kind of thing is a bit funny.
After all, for example, you can't ask McDonald's for money just because you wrote a movie that uses McDonald's as the setting of the story.
But to the surprise of Disney lawyers, Goffman and others quickly filed a formal lawsuit in the district court, suing Disneyland for its "Pirates of the Caribbean" project, which infringed Sid's copyright.
"Then, the plaintiff's lawyer can speak. The female judge looked to Goffman's side, and Goffman nodded to Ali Emmanuel before standing up.
"Good morning, Judges, everyone. Goffman greeted everyone politely.
Because both Sid and Disney agreed to have a judge judge without a jury, there will be no jury in today's trial.
The Disney side felt that the case was clear and clear, and it would be more advantageous for a rational professional judge to decide the case. As for what Sid's side thinks, only they know.
In the seats of ordinary bystanders in the back, there are a lot of media reporters, although it seems that this is not a big copyright lawsuit, but the two sides of the confrontation are Sid, a Hollywood prodigy who is now in the limelight, and Disney, one of the Big Seven.
So media outlets like Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and Fortune have sent their own reporters to follow up so as not to miss any big news.
"First of all, I want to tell you a story. "Goffman's opening doesn't seem to have anything to do with today's theme.
"No! Your Excellency. Okro, the lead lawyer on the Disney side, immediately objected: "We're here to try copyright cases, not to tell stories." ”
The female judge couldn't help but look at Goffman, who smiled and said, "My story is related to today's case, Your Excellency. ”
"Then you're going to get to the point, Mr. Goffman. The female judge thought for a moment and then looked at Disney's side: "The objection is invalid." ”