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Entertainment & Sports

Feb. 1, 2013

Warner Bros. sued over video royalties

Late Tuesday, a group of older actors and directors claiming movie studios systematically underpay home-video profits on their films named their fifth target: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.


By Jean Yung


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A set of cases over a 30-year-old issue raises one very relevant question in today's digital age: How should contracts deal with unanticipated technology?


Late Tuesday, a group of older actors and directors claiming movie studios systematically underpay home-video profits on their films named their fifth target: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.


In a lawsuit filed to Los Angele...

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