Producer Sues Over 'Rings' Trilogy Profits
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Pay up, Frodo. So says Saul Zaentz, a Hollywood producer who has sued New Line Cinema for &#36;20 million in royalties from the blockbuster "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
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This week, heirs of J. R. R. Tolkien, author of the âLord of the Ringsâ trilogy and âThe Hobbit,â and a group of publishers filed a lawsuit demanding at least $150 million from New Line Cinema.
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The US movie industry says it is launching legal action to sue people who facilitate illegal movie downloading.
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The Motion Picture Association of America says it has sued a company that sells Internet downloads of current movies like &quot;I, Robot&quot; and &quot;Spider-Man 2&quot; without permission.
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Following music industry measures to clamp down on illegal song piracy, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) are launching civil suits seeking damages of up to $30,000 (â¬23,200) per film.
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LOS ANGELES - Stage mothers for a Rottweiler and other dogs have sued a company called Hollywood Paws for failing to turn their pooches into stars.
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Bruce Willis has sued a childhood friend, claiming he tried to extort at least $100,000 from him by threatening to release private photos of the action star.
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Company sues alleged software piracy ring for selling counterfeit versions of its products, including Norton AntiVirus.
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Universal Studios is sued by former friends of Richard Linklater over his film Dazed and Confused.
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Movie studios and the Motion  Picture Association of America said on Thursday they would sue  individuals suspected of illegally distributing movies over the  Internet.
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The movie industry strikes out at file-sharing networks with another round of lawsuits in the US.
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A production company that made the action film "Sahara" reneged on a deal with best-selling author Clive Cussler to give him creative control of the movie based on his book, his attorney said Friday at the outset of a trial of dueling lawsuits that each seek millions of dollars in damages.
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A FILM industry group has sued a high-end consumer electronics company, claiming its home theatre jukebox system makes illegal copies of movie DVDs.
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Hollywood&#39;s biggest movie studios are to sue people who share films through internet file-sharing networks. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) announced on Thursday that it will sue unnamed individuals
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Peter Jackson, the creator of the record-breaking Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, is to executive produce two Hobbit movies.
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Almost five decades after JRR Tolkien sold the rights to The Lord of the Rings for £100 to cover a tax bill, the film producer Saul Zaentz, who now collects the royalties, is suing the makers of the film trilogy for £11 million.
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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.