Archive for September 10th, 2013
Defendant fires back at Hasbro in Dungeons & Dragons movie rights suit
by Doc on Sep.10, 2013, under Movies
It appears that Sweetpea Entertainment has cast its counterspell to Hasbro’s fireball…they filed a 102 page counter-complaint against Hasbro, and aren’t pulling any punches. They aren’t just asking for clarification of rights, but “damages, including its actual damages (or statutory damages for certain acts of copyright infringement, if Sweetpea so elects), Counter-Defendants’ profits, treble and punitive damages, as well as attorney fees and costs, in an amount to be ascertained pursuant to applicable laws.”
Hasbro filed suit again Sweetpea Entertainment in May to shut down production on D&D movie being set up at Warner Bros, saying it owned the rights as Sweetpea did not meet the requirements to retain the rights after 2000’s Dungeons & Dragons and the 2005 sequel Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God.
Doctor Who Anniversary episode called “The Day of the Doctor”
by Doc on Sep.10, 2013, under Television
We now know one more thing about the 50th Anniversary special episode of Doctor Who – the name. No, not of the Doctor – the episode! It is called “The Day of the Doctor”, and the BBC has released a poster:
