I read most of the details... seems like Viacom paid him exactly what he agreed to in the contract, but now he thinks he should get streaming money. Not sure how I feel about it. If I commission a painting, I don't want the painter coming back at me in a decade if I sell it for more than what he earned to paint it.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:53 pm
by Cakedaddy
Did he sell them a show to use however they wanted, whenever they wanted, for the rest of time? Or did he sell them a show for them to put on Comedy Central, and now they want to put it other places to earn more money, but not share any with Dave.
Reminds me of the Yahoo! lawsuit. The guy who wrote/performed the Yahoo! yodel created it and sold it to them to be used in some small internal campaign. Then Yahoo! started using it as part of their national/international ad campaign and the artist was like "Wait a minute. This isn't even close to what we agreed to.".
I'm betting that IP like shows and stuff are pretty particular about how the product can be distributed and Dave feels like streaming isn't part of the original contract.
You get X% from Comedy Central advertising.
You get Y% from DVD sales.
You never said anything about streaming so too bad!!
That's my guess on how things are playing out.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 4:54 pm
by TheCatt
Leisher wrote: He's fighting them and Netflix is on his side.
Helps when you (Netflix) want to keep signing that guy to more deals.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 5:02 pm
by GORDON
Cakedaddy wrote: Did he sell them a show to use however they wanted, whenever they wanted, for the rest of time? Or did he sell them a show for them to put on Comedy Central, and now they want to put it other places to earn more money, but not share any with Dave.
That's the good argument, and I don't have that information.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2020 10:40 pm
by Leisher
From what I understand nobody really saw the streaming stuff coming, but the decent companies have made amends with a lot of the stars. Or maybe lawyers have forced them to do so?
Viacom is not a nice company. They're pretty notorious for being greedy.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 5:52 pm
by TheCatt
Watching the latest set. With 37 minutes left, i finally laughed.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:46 pm
by TheCatt
TheCatt wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 5:52 pm
Watching the latest set. With 37 minutes left, i finally laughed.
The story at the end was the best part. I won't say funny, but I will say best.
An audience member who had a knife is in custody after he tackled a "famous comedian" Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles police said, following the emergence of a video that shows Dave Chappelle being attacked onstage.
"A famous comedian was performing at the Hollywood Bowl. He had finished his act and as he was exiting the stage, a male who was part of the audience jumped on the stage and tackle(d) this celebrity to the ground," said LAPD spokesperson Officer Lizeth Lomeli.
The suspect, 23, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and taken to a hospital for medical treatment, Lomeli said. The victim "was not injured as a result of the crime," she said.
The weapon was a "knife blade," Lomeli said. The motive of the apparent attack remains unclear.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 12:03 pm
by GORDON
Old skinny high Chapelle, safe move. Current buff cranky Chapelle ... Maybe not.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 1:05 pm
by Leisher
The Will Smith-Chris Rock incident normalized violence against words we don’t like.
Chappelle Show
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 1:19 pm
by GORDON
Was it NWA who did the "Freedom of speech/but watch what you say" song?
Chappelle Show
Posted: Wed May 04, 2022 1:38 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 1:19 pm
Was it NWA who did the "Freedom of speech/but watch what you say" song?
