Comedian Nick Cannon has been hosting "Nick Cannon Presents Wild 'N Out " on VH1 for an astounding twenty years.
Now VH1's parent company, Viacom, is suing Nick for recreating Wild 'N Out on the Zeus streaming network...
From All Hip Hop
Viacom is suing Zeus Network and Nick Cannon, alleging their show “Bad vs. Wild” blatantly copied “Wild’ N Out.”
According to the suit, Zeus’s Bad vs. Wild is not just an imitation but a full-scale reproduction of the hit Hip-Hop improvisational comedy show, complete with the same set design, format, and even the host himself.
Viacom accuses Zeus of blatantly swiping its intellectual property.
“Zeus intentionally copied elements of Wild’ N Out in developing Bad vs. Wild, knowing that those acts constituted infringements of Viacom’s copyrights,” said George W. Kroup, an attorney representing Viacom.
“Zeus’s collaboration with Mr. Cannon—the longtime host and face of “Wild ‘N Out—in developing Bad vs. Wild further cements the conclusion that Bad vs. Wild intentionally ripped off Wild ‘N Out to profit off its creative elements, without having to do the work of creating original content itself.“
The suit claims that Bad vs. Wild adopted Wild’ N Out’s signature features, including two rival teams, live audience participation, celebrity guest appearances, DJ-integrated scoring, and championship prizes—elements Viacom alleges are unmistakable trademarks of its brand.
Adding to the controversy is Nick Cannon and his involvement.
The lawsuit claims his role as the host of Bad vs. Wild directly violates his contract with Viacom, which prohibits him from engaging in projects that compete with or imitate Wild’ N Out.
“Zeus has caused Mr. Cannon to violate his written agreement related to Wild’ N Out,” said Kroup, emphasizing what Viacom describes as intentional interference by Zeus Network in its contractual relationship.
10 comments:
the name being Nick Cannon presents made me think he had ownership in that show. smh
Those N!ggas don't own SH!T except the clothes on their backs, and most of the time they don't even own that.
Lazy, no talents are always trying to make passive income off of celebrities.
Nick is an entertainment vet, he should have known this is too similar to Wild N Out for him not to be personally sued. This is just stupid of him to play with his money.
Because no matter if he wins or looses the lawsuit, he IS GOING to pay his attorney!
VH1 was going to take his show away from after his j3w rant. He sucked thier D and got it back. He is the creator of the show but its too bad he doesn't have owners rights.
Nick ain’t crate or own wild n out he was the face because at the time Nick was had a otw black folks because some fell for that fake hotep black power persona folks really thought Nick was a intellectual 😂 anyway he was the face to lure in black dollars like Rihanna who does not own fenty like Kanye who never owned Yeezy like puffy who never owned ciroc and Jayz who never owned dusse. They were high paid influencers who fooled black consumers into thinking they were supporting black owned businesses! Nick could never conceive or think of such a show! This is why he ripped off the idea and tried to take it to another network lying like he created it! Nick need to lose his job and nobody should be running around saying a whyte man trying to hold him back from greatness and we don’t care about the other pl who will lose their job becuase Nick is at fault here! He is a reckless fool and needs to be unemployed at this this point
Jcee said...Seed-ra he was the creator of this program. He said so when they took it away from him. That's why he fought to get it back. Have a seat on a bed of nails.
Talk About MINDLESS Entertainment. Horrible.
@10:59AM Amen Jcee!
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