TBS Sues Disney For Copyright Infringement

[Mulboyne]

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Wipeout

Reuters: Japanese network sues ABC over "Wipeout"
Leading Japanese broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against ABC, charging that summer hit "Wipeout" is "a blatant copycat" of several of its classic Japanese competition series. TBS owns the Japanese copyright to the obstacle course series "Takeshi's Castle," co-owns the right to Spike TV's "MXC" (which uses footage from "Castle") and owns the copyright to competition series "Sasuke" (whose dubbed repeats air under the title "Ninja Warrior" on G4). "From the moment ABC revealed 'Wipeout' to the public, that program has been routinely described as a 'rip-off' and 'knockoff' of Plaintiff's shows," reads the complaint, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. "ABC's willful and wrongful use of Plaintiff's shows to create 'Wipeout' is egregious, inexcusable and not to be tolerated." Among the charges are that ABC bought search terms such as "MXC" on Google to help drive traffic to the official "Wipeout" page, and that specific obstacles in "Wipeout" were knock-offs of challenges in the Japanese shows...more...

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Takeshi's Castle

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Sasuke (Ninja Warrior)

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"It's a Knockout" was there years before.

[kurohinge1]

. . . Reuters: Japanese network sues ABC over "Wipeout"
Leading Japanese broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against ABC, charging that summer hit "Wipeout" is "a blatant copycat" of several of its classic Japanese competition series. . .

"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission"

[Greji]

"It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission"

For some reason, I always find it difficult to keep a straight face when Japan sues someone for a patent infringement or accuses them of stealing intellectual property.....

[Behan]

Maybe I am just Japan bashing but doesn't Japan do a whole lot of copying, even if it's on the legal side?