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Watchmen Delayed, Or Worse

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the this-isn't-gonna-be-good dept.

whisper_jeff writes "Due to some potential copyright issues, The Watchmen might be delayed, or worse. It seems that Fox claims it still owns copyrights which would prevent Warner Bros from releasing the movie. US District Court Judge Gary Feess decided that Fox had enough of a case that he's willing to hear things out. The geek in me hopes that it will be resolved quickly and the movie will hit theaters on time."

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  1. Aren't Fox... by tepples · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Maybe they did and just wanted to keep it to themselves after the trailers circulated for a bit.. build the hype before making demands?

    Unless Fox learned of this production through said hype, Warner could use this as evidence of Fox's prejudicial delay. It's probably not enough for estoppel by laches, but it might convince the judge to rule less favorably to Fox. But aren't Fox Warner's attorneys anyway?

  2. Re:Copyright Law by falcon5768 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They dont own the rights though, they own the rights to EVERYTHING THIS ONE PRODUCER MAKES. Basically they claimed that anything this producer, produces is Fox property, even AFTER killing the guys hopes of working at fox. They did this one before with Dukes of Hazzard and got 17 mill out of it. they are doing it again with Watchmen now.

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