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‘South Park’ Streaming Brawl: Trial Looms As Paramount Loses Motion To Dismiss Unjust-Enrichment Claim – Update
The court battle over 'South Park' streaming rights might to go trial now that Warner Bros Discovery has won summary judgment in a motion about discovery.
Justice Margaret Chan of New York State Supreme Court denied a motion for summary judgment by Paramount Global and MTV Entertainment Studios to dismiss the “unjust enrichment” portion of the $200 million suit (read the ruling here). PREVIOUSLY, July 14, 2023: The studios are putting on a united front when it comes to the striking scribes and actors, but Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount Global dust-up over who really has the streaming rights to Eric Cartman and the South Park gang shows no signs of settling down. “Defendants’ Motion has the dubious distinction of trying to downplay while simultaneously highlighting the very misconduct which forced Plaintiff to file this suit,” declares WBD’s memorandum of opposition to the desire by Paramount and series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone to disperse the Max parent company’s $200 million lawsuit ( read it here).
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