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Author Topic: Technicolor Legal trouble?!? Robb Johnston Expert Film Handler Posts: 147 From: St. Louis Suburbs Registered: Nov 1999 posted 04-05-2002 03:07 AM                        I came across this article on imdb.com that might bring a smile to many of your faces. "Technicolor Sees Red Over Piracy Accusations Technicolor said Wednesday that it did not expect its relationship with the motion picture industry to be affected by accusations by a group of music companies that it illegally copied compact discs. As today's (Thursday) Wall Street Journal observed, several of the music companies are corporate siblings of Technicolor's biggest customers. In a lawsuit, they complained that Technicolor had engaged in "large-scale and continuing infringement of plaintiffs' copyrighted sound recordings." Technicolor has denied the charge, while noting that CDs represent less than 1 percent of its manufacturing output. "  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 04-05-2002 07:20 AM                    This is purely speculation since the articles don't go into detail but I would imagine that the allegations probably revolve around orders the company manufactured for other parties since Technicolor is one of the largest makers of CDs and DVDs in the world. Again speculating, the upshot may be that media replicators will have to do a more thorough job of authenticating who is placing an order.  |  IP: Logged Frank Angel Film God Posts: 5305 From: Brooklyn NY USA Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-06-2002 11:53 AM                        Gee, it's nice to see Technicolor is consistant -- pissing off EVERYONE it deals with, not just booth techies.  |  IP: Logged

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