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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:19 AM
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'Wife Swap' UK Producers Sue Fox Over Show


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LOS ANGELES - The British producers of the ABC television show "Wife Swap" have filed suit over the Fox show "Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy," lambasting it as an illegal rip-off.



RDF Media asked a federal court Wednesday for more than $18 million in damages plus all "gains, profits and advantages" derived from the Fox show. The suit targets Fox Broadcasting and the show's producers.


The lawsuit claims the show, produced by Rocket Science Laboratories, "more aptly might be entitled 'Trading Copyrights' or perhaps 'Copyright Swap,'" and calls the Fox series "a blatant and wholesale copycat" of "Wife Swap."


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=529&ncid=529&e=11&u=/ap/20041216/ap_en_tv/tv_reality_suit_4
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:22 AM
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1. Ahhh, vice and greed--the mainstays of
American capitalism. I can smell the apple pie.
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insane_cratic_gal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-17-04 08:26 AM
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2. I'm tickled
Glad someone is going after FOX.

Abc legally bought rights. fox just ignored even asking. Arrogance?
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