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'N sync is being sued...this is great!

(11/29/00, 5 p.m. ET) - 'N Sync is being sued by Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures for copyright infringement and breach of contract over the alleged unauthorized use of the images of puppets created for the group.

The California-based Sid & Marty Krofft Pictures, Inc., is best known for its puppets and popular television programs such as H.R. Pufnstuf, D.C. Follies, Land Of The Lost, and The Bugaloos.

In addition to the members of the group, the lawsuit also names 'N Sync manager Johnny Wright, his Wright Entertainment Group, merchandising consultant Rick Barlowe, Winterland Concessions Company, and Winterland Productions, Ltd.

The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Tuesday (November 28), states that in December 1999 or early January 2000, Marty Krofft was contacted by Wright, who requested that Krofft create 25-foot puppets of each of the five members of 'N Sync so that the group could use them during a performance of "Bye, Bye, Bye" at the American Music Awards. In less than 10 days, Krofft created and delivered the puppets to the group for use at the awards event. Krofft then recorded the copyright registrations for the puppets in July 2000, which effectively made him the sole owner and copyright holder of the Krofft puppets crafted in 'N Sync's likenesses.

The suit alleges that the defendants created derivative works based on the copyrighted Krofft puppets, including an image of the puppets on the back cover of the 'N Sync No Strings Attached souvenir program, an image of the puppets on a souvenir backstage pass laminate sold at concert venues, and possible images of the puppets appearing on other merchandise.

The suit goes on to claim that a breach of implied-in-fact contract took place after a conversation between Krofft and Wright, in which Wright allegedly assured Krofft, "Don't worry, you are 'in' on any and all merchandise." The suit also states that in a subsequent conversation with Wright, Krofft was told that he would also be "in" on all merchandising, including the popular 'N Sync marionettes (in the group members' likenesses) sold at toy stores nationwide. While the suit states that the marionettes "are not based on the Krofft puppets," Krofft claims that the puppets were made due to his "creative efforts." Krofft also makes the claim that "an implied license is in place by virtue of the oral conversations or conduct of the parties." Barlowe later informed Krofft that no such agreement for royalties was ever in place.

The suit asks for actual damages, statutory damages, attorneys' fees, and a "reasonable royalty" with interest. A "reasonable royalty" would be 10 percent of any and all monies received from sales of the 'N Sync souvenir program, the 'N Sync backstage pass laminate, other 'N Sync puppet merchandise, and the marionettes, according to Krofft.
-- Jason Gelman, New York

Okay ladies, read this one!:

Appearance: London's Virgin Megastore
Source: nmepop.com

BACKSTREET BOYS are confirmed for an exclusive appearance at LONDON's
VIRGIN
MEGASTORE in support of the UK release of comeback single 'SHAPE OF
MY HEART'.

It will be their first ever London in-store signing and the
Piccadilly Megastore are making sure
the appearance - from 6-8pm on Thursday 9 November - will be
something a little special. It's
an exclusively ticket-only event, with London news programmes
carrying details of how to get
tickets from next Monday (6 NovemberThat day also marks the release
date of 'Shape Of My
Heart', which will be facing up against the likes of a1 in search of
Number One.


Appearance: MuchMusic BSB Special
Backstreet Boys in New York City [30min]
VJ Sook-Yin Lee travels to New York City to interview the reigning pop kings
'The Backstreet Boys'. Airs November 11th, 5:30pm & 9:30am; November 15th,
4pm, 8pm & 10:30am; November 21st, 5pm, 11pm


Appearance: Germany
the BACKSTREET BOYS will have a live / unplugged concert in freiburg/germany
on 11.11.2000. it's the same day as they 'll do a performance on "wetten
dass...?!?" in tv. The concert is supported by VIVA TV the german music
programm! about 40 girls can win tickets for the concert and 6 of em are
allowed to go backstage! that's all i know. i don't know the venue or the
time the concert will start.


Appearance: Rosie O'Donnell Show
BSB makes an appearance on the Rosie show on November 20th. Commercials have
confirmed their appearance. Whether or not it's pretaped is unknown yet.
Check local listings for Rosie showtimes.


Appearance: Fairway To Heaven Golf » thank you julie
"It's tee time again for the top stars of music and golf when VH1's annual
celebrity pro-am tournament hits the links for 'Fairway to Heaven.' "
Attendees include "Backstreet Boys' A.J. McLean, Steve Harwell of Smash
Mouth, David Bryan, Will Smith, Scott Stapp of Creed, members of Collective
Soul and Hootie and the Blowfish, Charlize Theoron, Damon Wayans, Jane
Seymour, Lisa Loeb, and more. It airs on November 11 at 2:00PM. It's the
tournament and a top 18 countdown combined.


Swedish Top Charts
"Shape of my heart" went straight into #1 on the Swedish Top 60 singles
chart. Hurrah! This is the guys' first #1 single in Sweden. Spice Girls'
"Holler" and Ricky Martin's "She bangs" was also released last week and are
the two other new entries in the top 10 ("She bangs" at#5 and "Holler" at
#8).


Walmart
We recently received a Wal-Mart ad in the mail, and today my mom found a very
small "Wal-Mart Exclusive." Here's what it says:
Up close and personal with the Backstreet Boys broadcast to your Wal-Mart
store Nov. 21. See behind the scenes footage of the band, with interviews
about their latest release. Their new CD, with an exclusive bonus track ONLY
at Wal-Mart, is available Nov. 21.


Stan Lee Media Signs Exclusive Advertising Agreement With Doubleclick for
Backstreet Boys Animation Franchise
Source: http://news.excite.com/news/bw/001102/ca-stan-lee-media

LOS ANGELES (BUSINESS WIRE) - In an effort to further monetize the
highly successful
partnership with the Backstreet Boys, Stan Lee Media, Inc. (
NASDAQ:SLEE) announced
exclusive advertising representation for its Backstreet Project
website with New York-based
DoubleClick Inc. (NASDAQ:DCLK ), the leading global Internet
advertising solutions
company.Under the terms of the agreement, DoubleClick will perform
all ad sales, ad
management and ad serving for www.backstreetproject.com. The
Backstreet Project website
will join DoubleClick's Entertainment and Youth Select Network, a
premium collection of
highest quality branded sites on the Web.The Backstreet Project
community website -- which
showcases an episodic animated series portraying the Backstreet Boys
as Cyber Crusaders,
each with unique powers to protect the Earth -- demonstrates the
popularity of branded
animation franchises created by Stan Lee Media that audiences are
attracted to.

Since its launch on August 27, the dedicated website has garnered
more than 40 million total
hits.The Backstreet Project began when Backstreet Boy (and serious
comicbook fan) Nick Carter
met with pop-culture icon and Stan Lee Media co-founder, Stan Lee, to
discuss his idea for a
comicbook, based on the musical group as Cyber Crusaders. On February
19, 2000, The
Backstreet Project Special Edition Collector's Comicbook was
introduced to 75,000 live fans at
the Atlanta Georgiadome with three minutes of Backstreet Project
animation. The animation
generated tremendous fan response and quickly sold-out 50,000
Comicbooks. This led to a
broader agreement to create a global animated music franchise.

In support of the launch, promotion! al partner Burger King specially
created and distributed
action figures based on the Boys' superhero likenesses, imprinted with
www.backstreetproject.com in the largest offline promotion to support
an online property."We
recognize the industry leadership of DoubleClick in securing top
advertisers," stated Ken
Williams, president and CEO of Stan Lee Media. "They are the perfect
strategic partner to
help us realize the full economic potential of this hit global
entertainment franchise.""We are
excited to partner with Stan Lee Media and represent the Backstreet
Project website," said
Justin McCarthy, publisher, DoubleClick Entertainment and Youth
Network. "We are able to
expand our reach and offer advertisers another way through which to
target the growing young
audience using the web for entertainment."

Stan Lee Media Inc. joins a network of over 1400 publishers worldwide
including Tee!
nMagazine, CosmoGirl!, Comedy Central, and Hollywood.com. All sites
in the DoubleClick
Network use the DART (Dynamic Advertising Reporting Targeting) ad
serving technology.
DART gives customers the ability to determine the demographic focus
of a particular ad. Along
with this level of targeting, DART provides sites and advertisers
extensive feedback on who saw
their ads and how viewers responded when the ad was displayed.About
DoubleClickDoubleClick Inc. (www.doubleclicknet) is the leading
global provider of ad delivery
technology with the largest Network of top Web sites worldwide. The
company provides nearly
5,000 Web advertisers and over 3,200 publishers with ad sales,
technology, data, email,
wireless and promotions solutions to meet online marketing needs.
DoubleClick products help
advertisers and publishers build customer relationships through brand
! awareness and
customer retention. DoubleClick Inc. has global headquarters in New
York City and maintains
over 40 offices around the world.About Stan Lee Media, Inc.Stan Lee
Media, Inc.
(NASDAQ:SLEE) is a digital entertainment studio that develops, owns
and distributes branded
entertainment properties.

New superhero character franchises and animated series are created
under the direction of
pop-culture icon Stan Lee, co-creator of such classic characters as
Spider-Man, the Incredible
Hulk, and the X-Men.These franchises, as well as other co-branded and
acquired properties,
including "Stan Lee Presents Conan the Barbarian" and "Stan Lee
Presents Gene
Roddenberry's Starship," are exploited globally through strategic
partnerships with Fox Kids
Latin America and Venture Soft of Japan, and licensed for a broad
array of uses including
television, motion pict! ures, music, events, and theme park
attractions. The company has
established its website, www.stanlee.net, as a leading destination
site on the World Wide Web
for animation, interactive games, community, commerce and other
"sticky content."

Stan Lee Media has partnered with international singing sensation the
Backstreet Boys to
co-own an animated, superhero franchise based on and promoted by the
band through the
community website, www.backstreetproject.com The accompanying
Backstreet Project/Burger
King promotion was among the largest to support an Internet
entertainment franchise. Stan
Lee Media is currently producing three other animated web series,
"Accuser" and "The Drifter,"
scheduled to debut on www.scifi.com in first quarter, 2001, as well
as "7th Portal," which is
currently being co-developed as a major li! ve-action motion picture
with Men in Black's Mark
Canton, and as a 3D ride attraction for Paramount Parks' five theme
parks, with 12 million
annual visitors, to debut March 2001. Contact: B|W|R Public Relations
for Stan Lee Media
Lynda Dorf, 310/248-6105 ldorf@bwr-la.com Robin Weitz, 310/248-6107
rweitz@bwr-la.com
Jennifer Frederick, 310/248-6160 jfrederick@bwr-la.com
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