Legal Opinion
Recorded Picture Co. [Prods.] Ltd. v. Nelson Entm't, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 6, 1997No. B097326PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MASTERSON, J.
The producers of a motion picture entered into a written agreement with a distributor to exploit the picture domestically in the theatrical, television, and home video markets. The agreement contemplated that the distributor would enter into a separate contract with a subdistributor for home video release and obligated the distributor to require that the subdistributor pay 70 percent of the gross receipts directly to the producers.
The distributor entered into a subdistribution contract but did not require the subdistributor to pay anything directly to the producers.…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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