Ryan Seacrest (famous host of American Idol) has produced a new show called, "Momma's Boy'." The show premiered on Tuesday night on NBC and is about three single men looking for their potential brides and their mothers get a say. According to the lawsuit filed by a Turkish reality show, they claim that the NBC show “willfully appropriated” the format of “The Perfect Bride,” which aired in Turkey in 2004. The "Perfect Bride," also features three single men looking for their brides and their mothers having an important say about the outcome. The plaintiffs tried to prevent the show Momma Boys from airing on Tuesday, but a judge ruled against them. NBC is now trying to dismiss the copyright suit for the show and the Turkish group is still trying to sue for copyright infringement. Given everything that we have learned in class, the Turkish group may have a chance to win this claim, especially since their show aired four years ago and NBC had access to it.
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I have a feeling this case may end up like the Sylvester Stallone case about that guy that wrote his own version of Rocky 4. I'm not saying that NBC is completely innocent. To be honest, there are a lot of shows on US tv that are actually taken from other countries. The networks may have gotten permission for those shows otherwise there would be more lawsuits These days NBC will probably try anything to try to get a hit series, but I don't really see most reality shows as being unique ideas, which is one of the criteria needed for infringement.
Seacrest got lucky!! The lawsuit was dropped because the "producers had waited too long to file their case."
Here is the brief article that talks about it:
http://www.gantdaily.com/news/12/ARTICLE/39161/2008-12-17.html
I agree with Amanda that most reality shows are not unique ideas. There has long been a joke about mammas boys in the US and "cutting the cord," and women whom the mothers never approve of. It was just a matter of time before it came around to this.
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