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Hannah Montana Co-Creator is Demanding His Royalties Percentage

Michael Poryes, co-creator of the Hannah Montana character which has brought in billions for Disney, says he is entitled to a percentage of the bank brought in by the books, movies and merchandise.

Poryes is suing using intellectual property law for almost $1 million dollars for compensatory damages, punitive damages, court costs and of course interest.

Disney at this time does not have any comment.

October 8th, 2008 Posted by admin | Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Lawsuit | 2 comments

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  2. a million bucks? Thats it? C’mon, thats like pocket change to HM’s empire. i think they spend more than that on lunches for the staff on set.

    Comment by lauren | October 9, 2008

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