# Question for the writers/authors of the board regarding reading

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-writers-authors-of-the-board-regarding-reading/717277>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 10, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-writers-authors-of-the-board-regarding-reading/717277 "2015-04-10T00:01:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-writers-authors-of-the-board-regarding-reading/717277/21 "2015-04-20T16:37:50Z")

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> [@Lasciel](#):
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> So this is the sort of thing that gives me nightmares.
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> [Joss Whedon, Lionsgate Targeted in $10 Million 'Cabin in the Woods' Lawsuit](https://www.yahoo.com/movies/joss-whedon-lionsgate-targeted-in-10-million-116430078107.html)
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> Regardless of how it turns out, it’s a lot of negative attention, and about exactly the things I worry about.
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> Yikes.

It took over a decade but the columnist Art Buckwald sued the makers of “Coming to America” for stealing his story and won. He claimed the only people who made money after the lawsuit were the attorneys. Representatives for the studio claim it was an accident.

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