[TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
Frank Sivero contends Jim Brooks was highly aware of the actor and his role as Frankie Carbone in *GoodFellas*, and deliberately modeled the sitcom's character Louie after him... he seeks $250mil from Fox et al, but Dominic Patten on Deadline http://deadline.com/2014/10/simpsons-lawsuit-goodfellas-character-rip-off-fox-857282/ (link) wonders if the film's writer and director will have something to say about this... B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
I don't know the exact date Louie first appeared, but it sure as hell wasn't last week, month, year, nor decade. I look forward to the estate of Edward G. Robinson's lawsuit next. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Frank Sivero contends Jim Brooks was highly aware of the actor and his role as Frankie Carbone in *GoodFellas*, and deliberately modeled the sitcom's character Louie after him... he seeks $250mil from Fox et al, but Dominic Patten on Deadline http://deadline.com/2014/10/simpsons-lawsuit-goodfellas-character-rip-off-fox-857282/ (link) wonders if the film's writer and director will have something to say about this... B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
Season 4 in 1991 according to Deadline. Isn't parody protected fairly well under US fair use copyright law? And anyway, doesn't the Goodfellas character belong to Scorsese or the studio? I assume the acting work has seriously dried up someone to try this! Adam On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know the exact date Louie first appeared, but it sure as hell wasn't last week, month, year, nor decade. I look forward to the estate of Edward G. Robinson's lawsuit next. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Frank Sivero contends Jim Brooks was highly aware of the actor and his role as Frankie Carbone in *GoodFellas*, and deliberately modeled the sitcom's character Louie after him... he seeks $250mil from Fox et al, but Dominic Patten on Deadline http://deadline.com/2014/10/simpsons-lawsuit-goodfellas-character-rip-off-fox-857282/ (link) wonders if the film's writer and director will have something to say about this... B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
You're right. But they (or whoever) do own his character. On 22 Oct 2014 18:10, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: His likeness, however, does not belong to Scorsese or the studio to do with as they please. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: Season 4 in 1991 according to Deadline. Isn't parody protected fairly well under US fair use copyright law? And anyway, doesn't the Goodfellas character belong to Scorsese or the studio? I assume the acting work has seriously dried up someone to try this! Adam On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know the exact date Louie first appeared, but it sure as hell wasn't last week, month, year, nor decade. I look forward to the estate of Edward G. Robinson's lawsuit next. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Frank Sivero contends Jim Brooks was highly aware of the actor and his role as Frankie Carbone in GoodFellas, and deliberately modeled the sitcom's character Louie after him... he seeks $250mil from Fox et al, but Dominic Patten on Deadline (link) wonders if the film's writer and director will have something to say about this... B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- +++ Joe Coughlin http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
A variation on this: could Jack Lemmon have successfully sued saying that Gil Gunderson is a lot like him, even though it's very clearly his character from Glengarry Glen Ross? On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Joe Coughlin inturnaro...@gmail.com wrote: His likeness, however, does not belong to Scorsese or the studio to do with as they please. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 12:47 PM, Adam Bowie a...@adambowie.co.uk wrote: Season 4 in 1991 according to Deadline. Isn't parody protected fairly well under US fair use copyright law? And anyway, doesn't the Goodfellas character belong to Scorsese or the studio? I assume the acting work has seriously dried up someone to try this! Adam On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:36 PM, Joe Hass hassgoc...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know the exact date Louie first appeared, but it sure as hell wasn't last week, month, year, nor decade. I look forward to the estate of Edward G. Robinson's lawsuit next. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Bob Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: Frank Sivero contends Jim Brooks was highly aware of the actor and his role as Frankie Carbone in GoodFellas, and deliberately modeled the sitcom's character Louie after him... he seeks $250mil from Fox et al, but Dominic Patten on Deadline (link) wonders if the film's writer and director will have something to say about this... B -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
Joe Hass wrote: A variation on this: could Jack Lemmon have successfully sued saying that Gil Gunderson is a lot like him, even though it's very clearly his character from Glengarry Glen Ross? Heck, at least half the members of this list probably have a case for saying Comic Book Guy is based on them. -- Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv http://www.ellwanger.tv -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: Joe Hass wrote: A variation on this: could Jack Lemmon have successfully sued saying that Gil Gunderson is a lot like him, even though it's very clearly his character from Glengarry Glen Ross? Heck, at least half the members of this list probably have a case for saying Comic Book Guy is based on them. When 30 Rock' premiered, at least a dozen people I used to work with at NBC contacted me to tell me Kenneth the Page was obviously based on me and they'd testify if I chose to sue. I maintain I was funnier than Kenneth, and to the best of my recollection, I never met Tiny Fey, so I let the matter drop. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [TV orNotTV] 'Simpsons' ripped off my 'Goodfellas' character, actor charges in suit
Heck, at least half the members of this list probably have a case for saying Comic Book Guy is based on them. Worst. Reply. Ever. -- -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TVorNotTV group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
