Darkbeer
04-22-2003, 12:05 PM
Battle for Pooh merchandising (http://www.channel4.com/news/2003/04/week_3/22_pooh.html) - Channel 4 (United Kingdom) News, 4/22/03
A very good overview of the entire Legal battle dealing with Winnie the Pooh.
QuikQuote: Disney admits that Pooh brings in a whopping one billion dollars a year. But the Slesingers argue that the pot is much, much bigger - four, five, or six billion a year - one fifth - in fact - of everything Disney earns.
The Slesinger place in Beverly Hills looks down on Century City. Its towers have risen on the sky-high legal fees charged by entertainment lawyers. And here Bert Fields is a legend. Elegant, erudite and 73, he's represented them all - from Brando to the Beatles. He's already won a big case against Disney. Hiring Fields and his team is now costing the Slesingers seven hundred thousand dollars a month.
Just across The Avenue of the Stars - from one tower to another - and here we have Disney's new star lawyer. Young, smooth and more recently famous, Daniel Petrocelli won the civil case against OJ Simpson. Other Hollywood lawyers estimate his team is costing Disney over one million dollars a month.
A very good overview of the entire Legal battle dealing with Winnie the Pooh.
QuikQuote: Disney admits that Pooh brings in a whopping one billion dollars a year. But the Slesingers argue that the pot is much, much bigger - four, five, or six billion a year - one fifth - in fact - of everything Disney earns.
The Slesinger place in Beverly Hills looks down on Century City. Its towers have risen on the sky-high legal fees charged by entertainment lawyers. And here Bert Fields is a legend. Elegant, erudite and 73, he's represented them all - from Brando to the Beatles. He's already won a big case against Disney. Hiring Fields and his team is now costing the Slesingers seven hundred thousand dollars a month.
Just across The Avenue of the Stars - from one tower to another - and here we have Disney's new star lawyer. Young, smooth and more recently famous, Daniel Petrocelli won the civil case against OJ Simpson. Other Hollywood lawyers estimate his team is costing Disney over one million dollars a month.