Can Michael Lucas Survive Latest Legal Attack?
Hey Guys--
My fellow producer Michael Lucas is in deep legal doo doo again. The company that owns the copyrights and trademarks for Fellini's film La Dolce Vita have filed suit in Federal Court in the district of New York demanding the recall and end to all sales of Michael Lucas' latest hit movie of the same name.
No matter how this turns out--if Michael fights and wins or if he fights and looses--he will be out a lot of time, energy, and money. There are three scenarios as I see it:
1. Give up and withdraw the movie and fork over profits of the movie--this would be a disaster and might be enough to drive Lucas out of business. His studio, while releasing numerous titles per year, has put most of their eggs in the La Dolce Vita basket--lossing the past and future profits on this movie would be devastating.
2. Fight and win in Federal District Court. This is another bad option for Mr. Lucas. To fight this kind of battle will cost well over $250,000--perhaps much more. He is a minor porn operator up against a major company with deep pockets and a team of lawyers. To prevail would take a miracle, but even in victory Lucas would be looking at bankruptcy.
3. Fight and loose--the worst of three bad cases. If Lucas looses everything, then the game is over.
An interesting twist on all of this is that the GayVNs are coming up next week and La Dolce Vita is nominated for 14 awards, including best picture. The irony of the situation is that the more awards Lucas wins for this movie, the more money the Fellini people are going to demand for a settlement! In short, this is a perfect porn catch 22--if he wins he looses.
The sad thing is that most of us in the porn world love watching the O.J. Simpson-like antics of Michael Lucas. He is ever a source of controversial amusement. To loose him will be sad. Lets see what he can pull out of his bag of tricks, but from my perspective I see no happy ending for New York's most colorful porn personality.
Chris Ward
My fellow producer Michael Lucas is in deep legal doo doo again. The company that owns the copyrights and trademarks for Fellini's film La Dolce Vita have filed suit in Federal Court in the district of New York demanding the recall and end to all sales of Michael Lucas' latest hit movie of the same name.
No matter how this turns out--if Michael fights and wins or if he fights and looses--he will be out a lot of time, energy, and money. There are three scenarios as I see it:
1. Give up and withdraw the movie and fork over profits of the movie--this would be a disaster and might be enough to drive Lucas out of business. His studio, while releasing numerous titles per year, has put most of their eggs in the La Dolce Vita basket--lossing the past and future profits on this movie would be devastating.
2. Fight and win in Federal District Court. This is another bad option for Mr. Lucas. To fight this kind of battle will cost well over $250,000--perhaps much more. He is a minor porn operator up against a major company with deep pockets and a team of lawyers. To prevail would take a miracle, but even in victory Lucas would be looking at bankruptcy.
3. Fight and loose--the worst of three bad cases. If Lucas looses everything, then the game is over.
An interesting twist on all of this is that the GayVNs are coming up next week and La Dolce Vita is nominated for 14 awards, including best picture. The irony of the situation is that the more awards Lucas wins for this movie, the more money the Fellini people are going to demand for a settlement! In short, this is a perfect porn catch 22--if he wins he looses.
The sad thing is that most of us in the porn world love watching the O.J. Simpson-like antics of Michael Lucas. He is ever a source of controversial amusement. To loose him will be sad. Lets see what he can pull out of his bag of tricks, but from my perspective I see no happy ending for New York's most colorful porn personality.
Chris Ward
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