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Chris
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| Posted on 19-08-2006 17:49 |
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Source: YAHOO! NEWS
LOS ANGELES - A New Mexico woman is suing 20th Century Fox Film Corporation alleging she was defrauded out of $4.4 million she was entitled to receive for the popular 1960s "Batman" television series.
Deborah Dozier Potter, whose father William Dozier was one of the producers of the show, filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Superior Court that alleges fraud, concealment and breach of contract.
She is an heir to her father's estate and holds a portion of the assets of Greenway Productions Inc. which produced the series four decades ago that Fox distributed, according to the lawsuit.
Both companies, Greenway and Fox, signed a contract in the 1960s, the lawsuit said. Another contract was also signed between Fox and ABC, the station which televised the show. In March 2005, Potter came across the agreement between Fox and ABC and discovered she was entitled to 26 percent of the net profits from that agreement as well.
"I wish it could have been avoided," Potter said from her home in Santa Fe. "Nobody likes litigation."
Fox does not comment on pending litigation, said Chris Alexander, vice president of 20th Century Fox Television.
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Chris
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| Posted on 19-08-2006 17:53 |
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You know.. I hate when people do this. I understand, that maybe she was entitled to the money. but OMG! your a millionare anyway. I wish I could sue someone over money.
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| Posted on 19-08-2006 19:49 |
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This suit should not be too surprising. The series WILL be released. Batman is not the only series NOT to be released on DVD; there are others as well.
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Darknight
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| Posted on 22-08-2006 17:16 |
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As if this needed more stuff holding back the DVD release. Hopefully things will work out eventually.
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Caleson
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| Posted on 22-08-2006 17:57 |
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Yeah, hopefully they just get it over with and the fight to put Batman on DVD can continue less phased. It had enough crap to wade through already.
beyond wrote:
You know.. I hate when people do this. I understand, that maybe she was entitled to the money. but OMG! your a millionare anyway. I wish I could sue someone over money. Heheh. Not that it matters, but my brother's ex-girlfriend was a millionare since her mom sued a company that fired her. Needless to say, my brother's not exactly "set for life" anymore. :p
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Razhwurz
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| Posted on 22-08-2006 20:00 |
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Well at least it's not one of those "Chili Finger" scams... We do have legal documentation proving her point, don't we?
Caleson wrote:Heheh. Not that it matters, but my brother's ex-girlfriend was a millionare since her mom sued a company that fired her. Needless to say, my brother's not exactly "set for life" anymore. :p
So what happened, he acted like she was a wallet and had his ass dumped.  LOL!
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Azrael24
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| Posted on 22-08-2006 21:45 |
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Caleson wrote:
Yeah, hopefully they just get it over with and the fight to put Batman on DVD can continue less phased. It had enough crap to wade through already.
beyond wrote:
You know.. I hate when people do this. I understand, that maybe she was entitled to the money. but OMG! your a millionare anyway. I wish I could sue someone over money. Heheh. Not that it matters, but my brother's ex-girlfriend was a millionare since her mom sued a company that fired her. Needless to say, my brother's not exactly "set for life" anymore. :p
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Caleson
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| Posted on 22-08-2006 21:46 |
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Razhwurz wrote:
So what happened, he acted like she was a wallet and had his ass dumped. LOL! Not at all. I won't get into it, but he definitely came out on top. That family was actually pretty dysfunctional, and he realized he needed to go to college like me. :|
Well, back to the topic at hand... 
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Razhwurz
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| Posted on 22-08-2006 22:40 |
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Caleson wrote:
Razhwurz wrote:
So what happened, he acted like she was a wallet and had his ass dumped. LOL! Not at all. I won't get into it, but he definitely came out on top. That family was actually pretty dysfunctional, and he realized he needed to go to college like me. :|
 I apologize for coming to that conclusion, and I'm glad he decided to go to college instead of having a lot of money and dysfunctional in-laws.
And about the topic, do we really need to have 60's Batman on DVD; I know some of us, including myself, watched it a long time ago; but I couldn't stomache an entire episode back when they were playing it on TV Land a couple years ago. I can't imagine how long that DVD set would collect dust on my shelf.
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FlaBat
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| Posted on 23-08-2006 20:48 |
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The problem is way back in the 1960?s nobody knew in 40 years we would have DVD and people would actually buy whole seasons of TV shows.
For that matter, most of the actors in those shows stopped getting paid years ago and now that DVD offers another revenue stream, everybody that was involved, or in this case related to those involved wants a piece of the action.
The result is the people who want things like this, the fans, often never get it because of the greed and legal battles of people who really only care about the money and could care less about the fans.
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Egads! There?s trouble in Gotham City
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/48087.html
Pow! Bam! Heir sues over Batman TV series
http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/08/18/pow-bam-heir-sues-over-batman-tv-series//
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| Posted on 18-12-2006 18:44 |
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It's not bad enough the series isn't currently showing on television... 
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BornAgainBatman
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| Posted on 16-01-2007 15:44 |
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i would buy the dvd but man that show suxs!! |
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| Posted on 16-01-2007 15:55 |
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BornAgainBatman wrote:
i would buy the dvd but man that show suxs!! Why would ya buy it then?
I'm not sure if I'd buy it/them myself, unless I started watching the series a lot and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's a historical part of Batman history, sure, but it still isn't much more than a goofball comedy show as far as its actual entertainment value goes for me.
Razhwurz wrote:
I apologize for coming to that conclusion. Heheh. Not a problem, friend.
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| Posted on 16-01-2007 22:05 |
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this chic just wants money. all her talk about "i didnt want to do this" is BS. id do the same thing if i was in that situation, but i wouldnt say "i didnt want to do this" if i did. |
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