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Harry Shearer, one of the creators of This is Spinal Tap, filed a lawsuit against Vivendi last fall, seeking a full accounting of the royalties due him, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Rob Reiner. In this piece at Rolling Stone, Shearer talks about "Hollywood accounting" (in which Return of the Jedi and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix never broke even) and how the lawsuit affects all creatives.
I really can't quote just one bit, because it's all so good.
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...inal-tap-lawsuit-affects-all-creators-w474441
I really can't quote just one bit, because it's all so good.
Make no mistake: We are motivated by a desire to highlight the longstanding and improper accounting practices in the music and film industries – just check out Fairness Rocks. These practices routinely exclude creators from a "fair share of the torrent of riches"[3]arising from exploitation of their works and we despair at seeing a French media giant gleefully adopting the very same exclusion practices[4]arising from exploitation of creators' works
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/...inal-tap-lawsuit-affects-all-creators-w474441