MGM’s Orion Sues Sony Over Video Revenue
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. said its Orion Pictures unit sued Sony Corp.’s film unit for more than $20 million, claiming it underreported revenue from distributing Orion’s home videos overseas.
The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, charges that Columbia TriStar Home Video and others with breach of contract for “failing properly to account to Orion for monies received” by Sony for Orion videos distributed between 1985 and 1992.
Orion, which hired Sony to distribute its videos exclusively outside of the U.S., claims Sony also charged it too much for taxes and adjusted previously issued accounting statements by lowering receipts by millions of dollars.
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