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"Is there cause for legal action?"
BrassFan 326 desperate attention whore postings
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11-04-03, 12:51 PM (EST)
 
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"Is there cause for legal action?" |
Just wondering about something...Could Shawn, or anyone else who gets voted off from this point on (especially if an 'Outcast' is a swing vote) have grounds for a lawsuit against MB? Let's assume they are given a copy of the rules for the game, and it specifies that a tribe member will be voted out every three days, and be eliminated from the game. Well, wouldn't the fact that players being brought back in constitutes a violation of the rules be grounds for action? I am sure there is a clause in the contract that specifies that the rules can be changed at any point, but MB made it clear that this was planned before the game started. At the very least, if the players' handbooks say that a player voted off is eliminated from the game.....then the game was misrepresented to the players.... Just wondering. Monte
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BrassFan 326 desperate attention whore postings
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11-04-03, 02:49 PM (EST)
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4. "RE: Is there cause for legal action?" |
>As an ex-Law student whose memories
>of Contract Law are far
>from intact (grin) I would
>say that there are plenty
>of phrases like "at the
>discretion of the Producer" and
>"insofar as may be practicable"
>in the contract.
>
>In the section of the contract
>that relates to the rules
>of play, I'd be relatively
>certain there is a disclaimer
>clause that permits the Producer
>to change things up whenever
>he feels like it, in
>the interests of the viewing
>public.
Thanks for all the replies....My main concern was that this is still a contest, and such contests must have rules distributed to the players, I'd assume.
The contract could have a clause that specifies they can change them at any time...but if they were misrepresented at the beginning (i.e. a reference to players being voted out as "eliminated"), someone might have grounds to sue. After all, this is a society that has some seriously frivilous lawsuits (suing for millions when your coffee is too hot, for example). I do assume that MB would be smart enough to realize this possibility, and would have some type of "out" in the contract. Thanks for all the well informed replies.
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BrassFan 326 desperate attention whore postings
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11-04-03, 03:27 PM (EST)
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6. "RE: Is there cause for legal action?" |
>I'm pretty sure that the coffee
>case was a tort, which
>is a different monster than
>a contract case. True...but it's still an example of a silly lawsuit ;)
>Contract cases generally are governed by
>the the language of the contract unless
>one of the parties explicitly lies.
That's what I was wondering about....if he planned this twist, and then said something different in the contract.. >My guess is MB just didn't mention the possibility,
>and the contestants assumed that nothing would change
>(a silly assumption based on previous seasons). This is soooo true...
I guess what I'm wondering is....Is Survivor a contest? A Game Show? or entertainment?
If it's a contest or a game show, I'd assume that there would have to be very specific rules provided to the contestants about how the show would work, and how it would play out (to the extent of the basic framework of the show). Not to the point of telling them "this is what the challenges will be," but they must have some rules of play.... Heh...after all, walk into a McDonalds and ask for the rules for that Monopoly game they're playing....It's got about 20,000 pages of rules...even though we all know how to play it. ;) Interesting note...if a Canadian wins, they will have to correctly answer a mathematical question in order to claim their prize (apparently, random contests are regulated differently in Canada than trivia contests).
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dabo 26942 desperate attention whore postings
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11-04-03, 03:33 PM (EST)
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7. "RE: Is there cause for legal action?" |
According to a trialdawg (Deena) post at Sucks, the contracts they sign are thicker than your average bear. Basically, I think MB is pretty much allowed to do whatever he wants as long as he conforms to federal broadcast regulations.
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