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IT IS OVER! CBS LOST!
Watercooler
Friday, June 15, 2012
4:37 pm
5 Comments
It’s finally over. The lawsuit filed by CBS so long ago against ABC and their new show, The Glass House, has finally been decided in court. The Honorable Judge Gary Jees DENIED CBS request for a Temporary Restraining Order, which would basically halt production of ABC’s new show and it’s premiere on Monday, June 18th. The courtroom was packed when he made this ruling.
Judge Jees stated that if this temporary restraining order was placed on ABC, they would be the only ones hurt as they would lose their investment in the show, the crew would lose their jobs and the 14 contestants would lose their time and effort they had put into getting on the show. He also stated that CBS’s argument that copyright laws had been violated was “weak” saying: “I don’t know that Glass House will have any impact on Big Brother, Big Brother will go forward.”
Judge Jees also said that California law favors competition and people in the industry move from one show to another. That is not a reason to halt production on a new show. A person’s experience and knowledge, whether it be a producer or a crew-member, is portable from one show to another. He also didn’t see how any trade secrets had been stolen. claiming that CBS, themselves, had allowed numerous tours of the Big Brother sets, control rooms and the house. It is considered “common industry practice”.
In closing, the judge called many of the elements of the show “generic.” He added that CBS is free to purse further legal action and with further discover of testimony and evidence they may prevail, but that as of now he is not convinced and show is permitted to continue as scheduled.
5 Comments
Yay! I wasn’t sure about this but the one our feeds have been pretty good. Viewers choose what the contestants have to do during the hour. One choice was telling their biggest regret/mistake in life. One guy’s confession was horrifying and hilarious at the same time. Will you guys be recapping this?
The conspiracy theorist in me feels like this whole thing was a deal between them to get more publicity for both shows. *stares suspiciously*
Okay, now that’s out of the way, we can move on to more important things.
Big Brother is less than a month away and we don’t have forums!!!
I suggest we write letters! I’ll go first…
Dear Flipa Claws,
I have been a very good girl this year and I only ask for one gift,
not just for me, but for all of the boy and girl gasmii I will share it with,
please don’t have us spend the whole summer mourning,
my only wish is for “FORUMS” to be under my heading come BB morning.
Sincerely,
J. Peach
LOL Peachy… we DO need the forums back or there will be no BB14 live feed updates this season. That would be a real let down for us all. I have been told by TPTB that they will be back yesterday……. we must be patient and pray to our Lord and Savior Flipit that He will not forsake us in our time of need. I think we may need to bring in Spike for sufficient prayer.
Kzcar…. we do have someone recapping the show on Monday nights. I will occasionally be doing some “inside looks” at the live streams. I did this earlier this week and I witnessed “Irish Mike” and his ‘Bunny Road-Kill Confession’. I don’t think he got many votes after that bit of info. Here’s a link to my post if you missed it:
http://www.tvgasm.com/watercooler/tvgasm-investigates-glass-house-live.html
If you want to hear Mike’s confession, here it is on YouTube. It’s only 2minutes into the video because he is 2nd up after Robin is done droning on…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekA2MaAtoMI&feature=player_embedded#!
Enjoy!
Mike’s obviously an actor and the story is obviously made up.
Don’t know if I have the energy to watch two of the shows. I’m going to watch the one with the hottest bimbettes. Of course. So far, Glass House is losing.
But I need the goddamn feeds forum!!!!!