Who watches the Watchmen? Noone, if 20th Century Fox has anything to say about it. They want a piece of the pie or they may shut down the planned March 6th release of the epic comic book movie based on the most popular graphic novel in comic book history. Fox alleges alleges that they retained distribution rights to the graphic novel through a 1991 claim. The judge has refused a motion to dismiss and a trial date has been set for January 6th.

A federal court in Los Angeles on Monday refused to dismiss the Fox lawsuit — meaning Fox can proceed with an attempt to shut down Snyder’s movie in court. The ruling offered no comment on the quality of Fox’s case or its potential for success, but clearly the judge found enough merit in the rights claim to let Fox’s lawyers take it up a notch.

Most of the buzz suggests that Fox will most likely keep up the pressure until a settlement is made that allows Warner Brothers to distribute The Watchmen and rewards Fox with some of the profits.

via Wired and CBR

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Self-styled porn mogul Michal Lucas may find himself in someone’s legal crosshairs yet again. Lucas may have escaped the wrath of the Fellini family but now he has Spunk on his ass.

He may be up to his ebayable undies in yet another porn-related lawsuit if Spunk Video’s announced claim that “Michael Lucas produced a bareback movie and then refused to pay for it” end up having any merit. Allegedly, e-mail record suggest Lucas initially passed on releasing the movie, but later decided to release it even though Spunk has purchased the rights.

In question is Galaxia Entertainment’s “Raw Twinks in Czech”

or is it Spunk Video’s “Nasty Piss Boys?

Spunk’s claims seem to hinge on two things. First that “Raw Twinks in Czech” is the same movie as Spunk Video’s own “Nasty Piss Boys.” And they seem to have a point. Check out this comparison. The boys fucking on the lower right of the front cover of “Raw Twinks in Czech” aren’t just the same 2 from the same scene, it is the SAME PHOTO as the cover of Nasty Piss Boys.”

Spunk Producer Mike Brady’s comments stating “We are the owners and copyright holders of this material and the true Custodian of Records. It is our duty to prevent the distribution of this material with improper labeling” may mean serious trouble for whoever owns Galaxia Entertainment.

It comes down to the question… Is Michael Lucas responsible for Galaxia Entertainment? His publicity Director Patrick Collins indirectly says no…

LUCAS ENTERTAINMENT RESPONDS TO CLAIMS BY SPUNK VIDEO

Lucas Entertainment never had and does not have any intentions to produce bareback videos. Our company is also not concerned about Spunk Video’s motives to issue such a baseless press release.

When informed of the press release, CEO and President Michael Lucas, who at this moment is in South America, said via phone, “I’m not even remotely interested in reading Spunk Video’s press release, and Spunk Video is welcome to take any letter they have to any court they choose.”

Furthermore, Michael Lucas and Lucas Entertainment are not interested in continuing this conversation. We feel this issue was closed before ever being opened.
Sincerely,
Patrick Collins
Publicity Director
LUCAS ENTERTAINMENT

If Lucas is indeed involved in bareback production it would be a definite departure from his stated position that he will not hire anyone who has done bareback work.

Other unanswered questions involve potential violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 2257

More to come on this developing story

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3 Islanders from the Greek Isle of Lesbos are suing a gay rights organization named the “Homosexual and Lesbian Community of Greece” for use of the term lesbian because it “insults the identity” of the people of Lesbos, who are have also historically known as Lesbians.

I’m not REALLY sure that even if they win (which I doubt) suing this one small group in Greece will make homosexual women stop calling themselves lesbians. It doesn’t strike me as a realistic expectation and I don’t understand what they hope to gain aside from free publicity. Maybe Lesbos is just bucking for more tourism?

Plaintiff Dimitris Lambrou said they targeted the group because it is the only officially registered gay group in Greece to use the word lesbian in its name. The case will be heard in an Athens court on June 10.

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