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...Immoral Mr. Teas," which earned something like 80 times its production cost, earned Meyer his notoriety, and his first fortune. But the no-dialogue, bright-colored nudie comedy was a limited format, and it took a while for him to think of something else. Meanwhile, he ground out more pallid imitations of "Teas." In "Wild Gals of the Naked West" - starring, as "Teas" had, a veteran of Meyer's World War II unit, the 166th Signal Corps (this time Sammy Gilbert) - the girls wore bejeweled pasties, "covering the money," as his producer Pete deCenzie grumbled. Even Meyer wasn't crazy...
...they want to switch production to a different type of CD or DVD--say, from single-sided discs to double-sided ones--at a cost of about $50,000 a change. With the E-Clamp, the same mold can be used to make a DVD or CD in any format...
This trend runs counter to earlier decisions in which courts were more inclined to extend licenses for one format, such as film, to cover similar new formats, such as television--in part to ensure wide distribution of works for public consumption. "Courts are moving away from a policy favoring the party that could provide more dissemination of a work for the public," says Bruce Keller, an intellectual-property lawyer at New York's Debevoise & Plimpton...
This court-sanctioned reversion to the artists or their representatives of rights in new media can mean gigantic headaches for companies like Disney, which could be forced to renegotiate hundreds of contracts each time a work is released in a new format. Disney experienced a similar situation 10 years ago when video rentals of hit films first began to take...
...Henley Royal Regatta regatta isn’t exciting simply because of its tradition and its dual single-elimination tournament format. The crowd of a quarter million spectators that Henley draws from Britain’s upper classes throughout the week and the closeness of the crowd during the stretch run are what make for an unforgettable experience...