Granada Media, a film production company based in London, signed a contract with Peter S. Beagle, writer of "The Last Unicorn," to make films based on the novel. Now that they have sold over 600,000 DVDs and made several cable and satellite deals, they've decided not to pay Beagle what he is owed.

Beagle is not a young, and he's not a rich man. I'm sure Granada Media knows this, and they know that he can't put up much of a legal fight on his own. He's currently spending much of his money taking care of his 100-year-old mother. What this poor man needs is a few competent lawyers who will take a look at his case and put up some sort of a legal fight against Granada Media. Big companies should not be able to take advantage of a poor, creative person like this.

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Keith Urban, the Australian country singer who defines mediocre, has sued Keith Urban, an artist who happens to own the domain name keithurban.com. The musician, who was born "Keith Urbahn", has little chance in this case. He would have to prove that the artist is intentionally trying to deceive his visitors into thinking his is the more famous man with his name. At this point, he's just using his site to sell kitsch artwork.

What I really like about this lawsuit is that the country star will end up paying lots of money in legal fees and will probably walk away without his precious website. In the end, he'll probably offer way more money for the website than it's worth, thinking he's the next Jesus and his website is the place everybody wants to visit. I wonder if they get internet access in drug rehab.

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