Post by Forever Xena on Aug 22, 2005 7:32:45 GMT -6
Aug. 22, 2005
ABC, Touchstone sued over 'Lost'
A Los Angeles writer has sued ABC and Touchstone Television for allegedly appropriating his 1977 television concept "Lost" for the network's current hit. Anthony Spinner filed the suit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking unspecified damages for claims including breach of contract and fraud. Spinner claims that he was hired by Sid and Marty Krofft Prods. in 1977 to write, produce and develop a script for a TV program to be produced by ABC that was titled "Lost." It was about a group of airplane crash survivors who struggle to survive in a jungle where they encounter strange creatures and dangerous characters. (Jesse Hiestand) F
ABC, Touchstone sued over 'Lost'
A Los Angeles writer has sued ABC and Touchstone Television for allegedly appropriating his 1977 television concept "Lost" for the network's current hit. Anthony Spinner filed the suit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, seeking unspecified damages for claims including breach of contract and fraud. Spinner claims that he was hired by Sid and Marty Krofft Prods. in 1977 to write, produce and develop a script for a TV program to be produced by ABC that was titled "Lost." It was about a group of airplane crash survivors who struggle to survive in a jungle where they encounter strange creatures and dangerous characters. (Jesse Hiestand) F
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