Producer sues for Rings profits
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Hollywood producer Saul Zaentz sues the producers of The Lord of the Rings for $20m in royalties.
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Hollywood film studios have filed their first wave of lawsuits against people in the US who trade pirated films over the internet.
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The estate of "Lord of the Rings" creator J.R.R. Tolkien is suing the film studio that released the trilogy based on his books, claiming the company failed to pay a cut of gross profits for the blockbuster films.
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The Motion Picture Association members allege the company's software is responsible for the trading of hundreds of movie titles.
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Hollywood movie studios yesterday sued scores of operators of US- and European-based computer servers that help relay digitized movie files across online file-sharing networks.
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The Los Angeles comedy  writer-producer who penned Fox&#39;s &quot;In Living Color&quot; and created  Nickelodeon&#39;s &quot;Roundhouse&quot; has sued the Walt Disney Co.,  claiming it stole the idea for its hit Disney Channel show,  &quot;Hannah Montana,&quot; from him.
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New Line Cinema is being sued for over $20m (£11m) by a former owner of the rights to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, reports Variety.
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A US TV network is being sued by a viewer who saw contestants eat dead rats in a stunt show.
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The trade group that represents movie studios filed its first round of lawsuits Tuesday against people who allegedly share copyright films on the internet.
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Stage mothers for a Rottweiler and other dogs have sued a company called Hollywood Paws for failing to turn their pooches into stars. More than a dozen pet owners contend the company collected tens of thousands of dollars but never delivered on promises to get film and television auditions for their pets.
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The Motion Picture Association of America will begin suing online file traders this month, pursuing a strategy similar to one employed by the recording industry during the past year.
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The DataTreasury Corporation has sued companies that it says have infringed on its two patents, which describe a way to store and retrieve transaction records electronically.
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The film studio behind American Gangster is sued for defamation by three former drug enforcement agents.
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Saul Zaentz, the veteran Hollywood producer who originally held the film rights to JRR Tolkien&#39;s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, is suing for an Orc-sized cut of profits.
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Oscar-winning "Pulp Fiction" screenwriter Roger Avary has sued Microsoft Corp. in California, accusing the software giant of stealing his idea for a virtual yoga studio after it had sought his advice about winning over women to video games, his attorney said on Tuesday.
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Actor and director Mel Gibson is being sued by the scriptwriter of his film The Passion of the Christ.
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The studio behind the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy is being sued for $20m (16.2m) by movie and music mogul Saul Zaentz in regard to alleged unpaid royalties.