Can I phone a friend?
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In a major setback, Celador, the producer of the popular quiz show Who wants to be a Millionaire?, had to shell out $1.75 million to Arief, the former Indonesian licensee of the show. Some valuable lessons for drafting format licenses should be learnt from this case.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2004
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Parsons sues de Mol over Survive!
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Charlie Parsons is suing Endemol and John de Mol Productions for millions claiming the television subsidiary's production of Big Brother is stolen property, a story of survival first created by Parsons and called Survive!
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 1999
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Participant sues RDF over 'gay' wife swap
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Jeffrey D. Bedford, a participant in RDF Media's "Wife Swap USA" program, is suing the company for tricking him to swap his wife for a gay man under the terms of the said television program.
Publication Name: Broadcast
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 0040-2788
Year: 2005
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