Is CBC getting royalties? (Or suing?)

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Is CBC getting royalties? (Or suing?) - chris - 03-16-2005

The Discovery Channel is running "The Greatest American" series this summer. I wonder if CBC is getting royalties... assuming they were the originators of the series.

<a class="postlink" href="http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/greatestamerican/greatestamerican.html">http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/gr ... rican.html</a>

- skippy the wonder dog - 03-16-2005

They stole the idea from someone else.

- chris - 03-16-2005

skippy the wonder dog Wrote:They stole the idea from someone else.

Care to elaborate, or provide some evidence of this theft?

- skippy the wonder dog - 03-16-2005

Well, you could ask the CBC. Smile

They're pretty up front about where they got the idea in their first press release:

http://www.cbc.ca/greatest/media/pressreleases/may.pdf

- prz - 03-16-2005

Didnt the Brits do it first?

- tommygunn - 03-16-2005

Yeah, the Brits did it first.. with Churchill winning.
The Germans chose Konrad Adenauer, the Dutch Pim Fortuyn and France is currently choosing theirs.

- chris - 03-17-2005

Thanks. I guess this trend of picking "The Greatest..." is following in the footsteps of the Idol craze.

- thipfan73 - 03-17-2005

Don't you know we get most of our great TV ideas from the UK!?

I.E....

What Not to Wear
The Weakest Link
Trading Spaces

I could go on, there's plenty TV stuff we've 'stolen' from the UK

- fingernailsonhull - 03-17-2005

Don't forget Whose Line Is It Anyway

- LaminarFlow - 03-17-2005

Soon to be the NBC show "The Office"... I haven't seen the British version but apparently it's hilarious.
BTW... who ended up voted the greatest Canadian?

- opiated - 03-17-2005

thipfan73 Wrote:Don't you know we get most of our great TV ideas from the UK!?

I.E....

What Not to Wear
The Weakest Link
Trading Spaces

I could go on, there's plenty TV stuff we've 'stolen' from the UK

those are you picks for the great ideas???? what about all in the family, three's company, sanford and son, they even tried fawlty towers starring bea arthur...ouch...

as for the office, it's a great show, and although i like the guy starring in the american version, i'm still not sure it will work..still though..beats reality tv!!

- willthenurse - 03-17-2005

LaminarFlow Wrote:Soon to be the NBC show "The Office"... I haven't seen the British version but apparently it's hilarious.
BTW...
who ended up voted the greatest Canadian?

Tommy Douglas, the "father of medicare" won.

~Will.

- thipfan73 - 03-17-2005

opiated Wrote:
thipfan73 Wrote:Don't you know we get most of our great TV ideas from the UK!?

I.E....

What Not to Wear
The Weakest Link
Trading Spaces

I could go on, there's plenty TV stuff we've 'stolen' from the UK

those are you picks for the great ideas???? what about all in the family, three's company, sanford and son, they even tried fawlty towers starring bea arthur...ouch...

as for the office, it's a great show, and although i like the guy starring in the american version, i'm still not sure it will work..still though..beats reality tv!!

I knew there were others, just couldn't remember them all. I'm a big fan of What Not To Wear and I was a big fan of Trading Spaces in the early days.