Writer Claims ‘Hannah Montana’ a Rip-off
Posted on January 5, 2008
In a lawsuit filed last summer, Buddy Sheffield said he pitched a television series called ”Rock and Roland” to the Disney Channel in 2001.
”The series revolved around a junior high school student who appears to lead an entirely unremarkable life, but is secretly a pop/rock star and the main breadwinner for his family,” Sheffield said in the suit.
Disney Channel officials were at first enthusiastic about the project but later decided to pass, the lawsuit claimed.
Sheffield said in the suit they took the characters he created and developed ”Hannah Montana,” which he called a ”blatant copy.”
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Reginald Dunn set an Aug. 26 court date in case the sides cannot resolve the case with a court-appointed mediator.
Source - starpulse.com
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