re: #67 Targetpractice

I was having an argument last night with a wingnut over the idea that the Robertsons could just choose to grab anything of the show that’s not bolted down, down the very trademark, and take it to another network if A&E didn’t meet their demands. Think that a possibility?

It will depend on who holds the trademarks/copyright on the show. If there are non-compete clauses, which would seem like SOP, then they’d have a hard time going to another network without changing up the concept.

If the family owns the copyright/trademarks, and there isn’t a noncompete, then they could use that as a bargaining chip to go to another network. But all too often, the producers/networks have all the cards on the contracts - that they have the noncompetes and trademark/copyright ownership.