cheyz March 28, 2014 Share March 28, 2014 Anything new on the lawsuit? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/
David T. Cole March 28, 2014 Share March 28, 2014 Please feel free to start new threads for characters, episodes, media mentions, actors, etc. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-8946
LeftPhalange April 5, 2014 Share April 5, 2014 Are the actors suing to recoup their lost salaries or what? The entire company isn't going bankrupt just the soap division so I don't understand why they haven't been paid yet. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-22886
TeeVee329 August 15, 2014 Share August 15, 2014 The Hollywood Reporter has an update on "One Lawsuit to Live": http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/one-life-live-producer-plans-724890 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-293194
methodwriter85 March 3, 2015 Share March 3, 2015 (edited) ABC and Prospect Park Lawsuit Lingers Into May God, this is hilarious. I really don't want to see One Life to Live get mauled again by General Hospital, though. Edited March 3, 2015 by methodwriter85 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-885021
LeftPhalange March 3, 2015 Share March 3, 2015 This is ridiculous. ABC may (or may not) have been a little underhanded in how they handled certain things but I don't think anything they did or didn't do contributed significantly to the failure of the online soaps. This failure was probably inevitable since Prospect Park didn't have enough money, didn't seem to plan enough before hand, and in general, didn't seem to know how to produce online shows. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-885376
dubbel zout March 3, 2015 Share March 3, 2015 This failure was probably inevitable since Prospect Park didn't have enough money, didn't seem to plan enough before hand, and in general, didn't seem to know how to produce online shows. Yeah, PP never properly got its ducks in a row, financially or logistically. It's too bad, because I thought that once OLTL, at least (never watched AMC online), got in a groove, the show was really good. I wonder if ABC would do half-hour episodes of OLTL/AMC. I remember when I first started watching OLTL, and it was either 30 or 45 minutes. Going to an hour was a big deal. At this point, I assume it's all about the money; if they can make the numbers work, they'll do something. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-885635
tessaray March 6, 2015 Share March 6, 2015 I wonder if/when they settle the lawsuit, if there's any chance we could get dvds of the TOLN shows. I started to rewatch on Hulu recently and it's such a drag. I hate the way Hulu does commercials. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-899069
TeeVee329 March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I think the truth or the fault lies somewhere in the middle, but I will never understand those who try to cast ABC as the victims ("Poor ABC, Prospect Park took back the characters they spent millions of dollars licensing!") considering they canceled the shows in the first place. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-902059
TeeVee329 March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I wonder if/when they settle the lawsuit, if there's any chance we could get dvds of the TOLN shows. I've said it before and I'll say it again, it blows my mind that nobody - ABC or Prospect Park - has tried to monetize the archives of classic episodes. Make best of DVD sets, set up some kind of membership web site where people can watch, the interest is there. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-902092
dubbel zout March 7, 2015 Share March 7, 2015 I've said it before and I'll say it again, it blows my mind that nobody - ABC or Prospect Park - has tried to monetize the archives of classic episodes. Make best of DVD sets, set up some kind of membership web site where people can watch, the interest is there. I wonder if no network has done this because it's a rights issue of some sort. Not to mention having someone sort through all the tapes and convert them. It might not cost too much, but there it would be a time investment. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-902213
tessaray March 8, 2015 Share March 8, 2015 (edited) CBS released dvd sets for As the World Turns and Guiding Light. Long out of print but still, it has been done. ABC did release a couple of VHS compilation tapes of weddings back in the super couple days. The TOLN shows are perfect for dvd sets. 20 hours or so of video is about the same as a primetime drama. And they are already digital. Are they even for sale on iTunes anymore? ETA: Did ABC retain the rights to the network version or does PP have any kind of claim? If ABC created a standalone Roku or tablet app, I'd subscribe to a classic episodes channel. Edited March 8, 2015 by tessaray 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-904597
Chairperson Meow March 18, 2015 Share March 18, 2015 Just put it on netflix. Scandal, Once Upon a Time, and various other ABC & ABC Family shows are there. They can make money off of it there, and make viewers happy. Imo netflix is better than hulu. No stupid commercials. Also, I want to marathon OLTL on days when certain soaps suck. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-938525
tessaray March 18, 2015 Share March 18, 2015 IIRC, PP had some sort of exclusive deal with Hulu, though the details escape me. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-940389
MSquared March 18, 2015 Share March 18, 2015 They also had a deal with iTunes too. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-940783
TeeVee329 July 31, 2015 Share July 31, 2015 In the latest episode of "One Lawsuit to Live"... http://abc.soapsindepth.com/2015/07/new-twist-in-prospect-park-lawsuit.html If I'm reading this right, I guess the episodes are about to come down off of Hulu? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1375115
jsbt July 31, 2015 Share July 31, 2015 (edited) It seems very possible. I really hope they're still backed up somewhere other than iTunes, I love watching them or at least knowing they're there. I know there's a handful of various episodes from both shows on YT but they need to all be preserved in good quality. ETA: No! They're fuckin' gone. Edited July 31, 2015 by jsbt Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1376408
TeeVee329 July 31, 2015 Share July 31, 2015 Oh bummer, they are, already? I wanted to at least rewatch the two pilots before they got yanked. Frowny face. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1376578
jsbt July 31, 2015 Share July 31, 2015 (edited) I'm pretty sure some of the eps (and possibly the pilots) are on YT, though not always in HD. That and their continued iTunes presence consoles me a bit. I hope someone's put them all on P2P networks as well. I intend to have them permanently one way or another. Edited July 31, 2015 by jsbt 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1376603
TeeVee329 July 31, 2015 Share July 31, 2015 (edited) I know a lot of the Todd/Blair stuff is clipped and on YT, but it might be tougher for me to get my Clint or Natalie/Cutter fix. ETA...okay, phew, YT does have this promo, which I thought was fantastic and reminds me how exciting their launch was. I love Bianca snarling that she hates JR and spitting at him, which they stupidly cut out of the actual episode. Edited July 31, 2015 by TeeVee329 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1376620
Melgaypet August 1, 2015 Share August 1, 2015 I am super annoyed. I haven't gone back and re-watched those episodes for a while, but I liked knowing I could. Grr. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1377257
Rancide August 2, 2015 Share August 2, 2015 If there's anyone out there who still cares about getting this lawsuit resolved, Chapter 7 may be a good thing. (I'm a lawyer). It seems like under Chapter 11, PP was still managing the lawsuit with ABC. Under Chapter 7, a trustee would take over the lawsuit, including the terms of settlement. It's seemed to me for a while that PP, once it realized the web relaunch was a flop, has essentially been playing "stick up" with ABC, betting the shows were worth more to ABC than to PP (which, duh) and trying to coerce a larger settlement out of ABC. A trustee is likely to have little patience for those games and probably has a better idea of what is an actual reasonable settlement amount. It also isn't personal for him. In addition, this is one case in which the value of the thing being fought over continues to decrease over time by virtue of the delay. Back 2 years ago PP had GH over the barrel. GH ratings were on the upswing, GH had a new writer with a lot of plans for the characters, 3 of the characters were already integrated into the case, and their loss was going to be disruptive to planned storylines. Now? Two years have gone by, ratings are at a new low, the show has fired the writer who cared about these characters in the first place, and any momentum that might have existed for these characters and stories is well and truly dead. This case is worth a lot less than it was 2 years ago. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1379917
Dandesun August 3, 2015 Share August 3, 2015 I'm glad I did a recent rewatch. I'm sad they're gone. I wonder if it's worth hoping we'll see them again after it's all settled? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1381266
jsbt August 3, 2015 Share August 3, 2015 I assume the only place we'll be seeing them is iTunes or when people upload them to YT (as some have) or other peer-to-peer networks. I intend to invest in buying them all off iTunes soon, but I'd rather make sure I have physical copies as well. Something I can save to a USB or something. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1381374
tessaray August 3, 2015 Share August 3, 2015 How much are they on iTunes? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1382827
jsbt August 3, 2015 Share August 3, 2015 I believe they're something like $36 for the whole season, per show. I'll be making the investment sometime in the next few months, but I've never actually bought from iTunes before so I don't know whether there's also hard copies I can DL. I want to be sure I have them if they leave that cloud storage. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1383251
tessaray October 9, 2015 Share October 9, 2015 I reinstalled iTunes on my computer recently just to see if the shows were still available. (I only had a chance to watch a few episodes before they disappeared from Hulu.) I'm waffling a little - I think $36.99 is too much for just digital copies - though I would have paid that no problem with a dvd set. My question is - who gets the money if I did buy them? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1586021
dubbel zout October 10, 2015 Share October 10, 2015 I imagine Apple splits the cost with TOLN in some proportion, given they have a license agreement. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-1589321
tessaray December 3, 2016 Share December 3, 2016 Well, the lawsuit has been dismissed. I wonder if this means anything other than just one last dangling thread snipped? http://www.welovesoaps.net/2016/12/prospect-park-networks-vs-abc-case.html Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-2797796
jsbt December 3, 2016 Share December 3, 2016 I am probably going to buy them if they last the month. I really, really want them preserved in HD. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-2797853
tessaray December 3, 2016 Share December 3, 2016 IANAL but I'm guessing the bankruptcy will back on the front burner. Surely some company will buy their assets, such as they are but yeah, I'm thinking the same thing. I did manage to snag episodes off Youtube but it would be nice to have them in good quality. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/2474-lawsuit-updates/#findComment-2798052
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