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CBS vs. ABC Lawsuit: The Glass House
HurricaneHowieWood:
And for a little light reading, here is CBS's legal brief response filed today...
http://images.eonline.com/static/news/pdf/cbsdefends.pdf
HurricaneHowieWood:
This Friday...Will The Glass House Make It To TV?
Judge sets hearing on CBS bid to block ABC series
Associated Press – 1 hr 6 mins
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has set a hearing on a motion by CBS to block the premiere of the upcoming ABC reality series "The Glass House" on the basis it copies elements and secrets from the long-running show "Big Brother.
U.S. District Judge Gary Feess scheduled arguments for Friday morning, just days before "Glass House" is scheduled to premiere on Monday night.
CBS wants the show knocked from airwaves because it claims the new series violates "Big Brother" copyrights and several of its former staffers now working with ABC have violated non-disclosure agreements.
Both shows will feature contestants who are constantly filmed, although ABC claims its series greatly emphasizes audience participation and popularity to determine events on the show.
CBS claims Kenny Rosen, a former "Big Brother" producer who's now one of the top producers on "Glass House," has acknowledged that he instructed a staffer to copy an important manual used on the CBS show.
ABC has denied wrongdoing and urged Feess to reject the motion. In a filing earlier this week, it said many of the elements that CBS seeks to protect are common to many reality shows and are not protectable by copyright law. The network has spent $16 million promoting "Glass House" and claims nearly 150 workers would lose their jobs if the court blocks it from airing.
http://news.yahoo.com/judge-sets-hearing-cbs-bid-block-abc-series-225743854--finance.html
ugot2bekidinmeny:
CBS using live feeds and videos and screen caps to make their case. Interesting read!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/sites/default/files/custom/Documents/Supp_Rovin_Decl.pdf
Boingo:
:lol: The verdict is in, so says TMZ. :res:
HurricaneHowieWood:
So it looks like the glass house will make to TV...Let's just hope the show is better than the feeds have been.
Judge says he probably won't block ABC series
By ANTHONY McCARTNEY | Associated Press – 2 hrs 51 mins ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge on Friday said he's inclined to allow ABC to air its new reality competition series "The Glass House" over rival network CBS' objections that the show copies "Big Brother."
U.S. District Judge Gary Feesssaid Friday he was not persuaded that CBS had proved it would be harmed if "Glass House" aired. He said the new show's audience participation element is likely to make it different from "Big Brother."
ABC has said "Glass House" contestants will have to curry audience popularity in order to succeed on the series.
"The audience involvement in particular in 'The Glass House' is a constant role in this show as it proceeds," Feess said. "I think is very likely to induce quite different behavior than one would expect to see in the 'Big Brother' show."
Feess said he would look at issues raised during a hearing Friday, but he didn't think his tentative decision on CBS' request for an injunction would change.
CBS had sought to block the show from airing over concerns it violated copyright and trade secrets related to its hit show "Big Brother." ''Glass House" is scheduled to air Monday night after "The Bachelorette."
"This is the first time where a reality show has been copied lock, stock and barrel with minor changes around the fringes to try to make it look different," CBS attorney Scott Edelman argued Friday.
Feess said CBS was trying to protect generic reality show elements, which isn't allowed under copyright law. He also said he thinks CBS overstated its trade secret complaints.
Glenn Pomerantz, who represents ABC, said there was no way CBS could prove its case and his clients weren't stealing their work.
"ABC doesn't want to use any of CBS' trade secrets," Pomerantz said. "It doesn't need them."
ABC had denied all wrongdoing and said it has spent $16 million promoting the show and millions more to develop it.
CBS said regardless of Feess' ultimate ruling, it would continue to pursue its case and it "may still warrant more injunction proceedings depending on the content of each episode."
Edelman argued that "Big Brother" has pioneered the techniques that "Glass House" will use to produce its show, and that it has previously included audience participation elements that altered the arc of "Big Brother" seasons.
Feess disagreed, saying many of those techniques could be "reverse-engineered" from watching "Big Brother" and didn't warrant blocking the new show.
The judge, who acknowledged he's no fan of reality television, said he's not convinced that "Glass House" will eat into the audience of "Big Brother."
"Frankly I thought after the first or second reality shows on television, we would never see others," Feess said. "Boy, was I wrong."
http://news.yahoo.com/judge-says-probably-wont-block-abc-series-184705549.html
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