Roger L. Simon
2007-07-14 21:09:06
LTEC, yes Hollywood is full of lawyers. But… for a screenwriter to sue the studios (considering that they already have mammoth full-time legal staffs) is a hugely costly endeavor. You had better be sure you are going to win. And the odds are stacked against you. The movie companies instituted something called the “rolling break,” as inrolling break-even. What that means in the short form is that whenever a movie seems to be going into profit, more money on prints and promotion is spent and the elusive profit disappears (essentially never happens). They have brilliant accountants a la Meyer Lansky.
To Michael, your question is much simpler. The answer is yes.
