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Re: galactica news (Re: Viper)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Mon, 12 Apr 1999 18:22:45 GMT
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JSPROAT@spamlessGEOCITIES.COM
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James Brown wrote:
> If you ever want to see an amusing account of studios battling it out in
> court, the lawsuit that was leveled against BG by SW (or rather, Universal by
> 20 Century Fox) is a good one - there was about 4 rounds of countersuing,
> which reads very much as "Oh yeah? Well, you stole this!" "Did not! You
> took that!" "Did not!" etc. ad naseum.
That's especially funny when you consider how derivitave SW is of Dune.
Cheers,
- jsproat
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Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@geocities.com>
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
"The world will not perish for want of wonders but for want of wonder"
-- British scientist J. B. S. Haldane (1892-1964)
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| (...) SW derivative of Dune? How so? SW:ANH released in 1977. Dune released in 1984. Did the original Dune book(s) go into SFX-like levels of visual detail? Or do you mean Tattooine? --Todd (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) If you ever want to see an amusing account of studios battling it out in court, the lawsuit that was leveled against BG by SW (or rather, Universal by 20 Century Fox) is a good one - there was about 4 rounds of countersuing, which reads very (...) (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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