"American Idol" judge Cowell in court battle
Posted on Wednesday, November 23 @ W. Europe Standard Time |
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Rival pop moguls Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell are due to go into legal battle on Wednesday, with Fuller accusing Cowell of copying his ideas in the hugely successful talent show format. Cowell, famous on British and U.S...
Rival pop moguls Simon Fuller and Simon Cowell are due to go into legal battle on Wednesday, with Fuller accusing Cowell of copying his ideas in the hugely successful talent show format. Cowell, famous on British and U.S. television as the acerbic judge on "Pop Idol" and "American Idol", created his own show "The X Factor", which Fuller said was a rip-off of his Pop Idol concept. Cowell has called the legal action "utterly ridiculous". In a case scheduled to open at the High Court, Fuller's company 19 TV, creator of both "Pop Idol" and "American Idol", is taking action against Cowell, his firms Simco and Syco and "X Factor" producer FremantleMedia, a unit of pan-European broadcaster RTL Group.
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