BURN NOTICE SIMON MOVIE
“Similarities between a real person’s personal life experiences and those of a fictional character do not support a claim for misappropriation of the former’s ‘likeness.’ If the law of ‘likeness’ afforded protection as broadly as Terry’s argument seems to propose, then every person who sees some similarity between their personal life experiences and a character on a television show or movie could assert a misappropriation claim. The USA series saw Michaels mother make the ultimate sacrifice when she blew herself up - along with James men whod been sent to kill her and little Charlie. “The law does not protect such a wide-encompassing concept of ‘likeness,’ ” says the judge. The judge also rejects Terry’s theory that his protected “likeness” gave him a vehicle to sue Fox because a character in a television show was like him. (According to one review for Terry’s book, The Setup: Memoirs of a NSA Black Operation, the author claims the NSA is capable of mind-control.) “Further, that Nix never read ‘The Setup.’ Nix created Burn Notice without input from Terry the characters in Burn Notice are purely fictional.” “Fox’s evidence showed that Burn Notice creator Matt Nix never met Terry, and never heard of Terry or his memoir ‘The Setup’ prior to Terry’s lawsuit,” writes the judge. STORY: ‘Burn Notice’ Creator and Stars Reflect on Road to 100 Episodes In an opinion on Wednesday, appellate Judge Patricia Bigelow affirms the lower court’s reasoning that Terry can’t demonstrate that he has a probability of prevailing against Fox. His attempt at reversal was grounded on Terry’s reasoning that Fox “did not deserve to win.” Still, a California appellate court had to entertain it.
He then failed to survive Fox’s motion to strike the lawsuit at the early stage.
He sued for misappropriation of his “likeness” and prayed for injunctive relief. As first reported by Michael Ausiello of Entertainment Weekly, Dillahunt will portray Simon, an intelligent new client of Michael’s. STORY: ‘Burn Notice’ Creator Reflects on Seven-Season Run, Talks Series Finale’s Big DeathĪccording to a $500 million lawsuit brought by Michael Terry against series producer Fox Television Studios, certain experiences of the Michael Westen character were “very much like” certain experiences of his own.
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