[MediaMole]

As David Mamet said, “There is no Net.”

This really came out in the Art Buchwald “Coming to America” plagiarism trial.

[Deb]

Exactly right. Buchwald didn't care how much money it took or how many years they stalled, he was determined to go all the way. It only got him a fraction of what he spent, but he died a happy man.

Jim Garner is another one who had a % of "The Rockford Files" and couldn't understand why he never saw a penny even though the show ran in syndication and overseas for decades. He fought an extraordinary battle to get to Universal's "third set of books" and finally won after years and years.

Its always a gamble to launch these fights because the studios will do their best to make sure you never work again.