Can someone infringe copyright by revealing a fact
from an unaired (possibly unfilmed) TV show? That's the assertion of
AMC, whose lawyers have threatened the operators of The Spoiling Dead
community with a lawsuit if they reveal who got killed in the last
episode of the series. TorrentFreak has obtained a copy of the threats,
and they're quite something.
The Spoiling Dead Fans (TSD) is a community of hardcore The Walking Dead fans who have an even greater interest in the show than most. As their name suggests, they’re dedicated to obtaining all the latest information about the hit show – including information not yet in the public domain.
There have been suggestions recently that TSDF might reveal the identity of the individual who Negan killed with ‘Lucille’, his barbed wire covered baseball bat. As the cliff-hanger from the final episode of the last series, it’s pretty important to fans. As it turns out, it’s massively important to makers AMC too.
In a posting on their Facebook page this week, the operators of The Spoiling Dead told their 364,000 followers that AMC had contacted them with legal threats.
“After two years, AMC finally reached out to us! But it wasn’t a request not to post any info about the Lucille Victim or any type of friendly attempt at compromise, it was a cease and desist and a threat of a lawsuit by AMC Holdings, LLC’s attorney, Dennis Wilson. They say we can’t make any type of prediction about the Lucille Victim,” they wrote.
TorrentFreak has obtained a copy of the letter sent to TSDF in which AMC’s attorney at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP lays down the law. Surprisingly for a show that hasn’t aired and potentially hasn’t even been made yet, the law being laid down is copyright in nature.
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the Facebook has people following the camera crews around.... great insider photos
SPOILING DEAD FANS FACEBOOK
Spoil the dead Forum
Glenn has been seen in LA and Abraham is also missing from filming.....
Let not your heart be troubled...in my father's house there are many mansions, if it were not so, I would have told you...I'll go prepare a place for you.
--Father Gabriel
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