EntertainmentBetr challenges HBO's infringement claim over ad with 'Entourage' stars
Variety reports that HBO sent Jake Paul's gambling app a cease-and-desist letter over a commercial reuniting Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier.
TLDR
Variety reports HBO threatened legal action unless Betr removed the ad, alleging that its setting, clothing, dialogue and delivery evoked or duplicated "Entourage" without permission. Betr told Variety that HBO owns the show but not its actors, and argued that Piven and Grenier were playing themselves. Betr also accused HBO of contradicting arguments it had made while defending "Ballers" and "Six Feet Under" in court about celebrity lifestyles and fast-talking characters belonging to everyone.
Betr challenges HBO's infringement claim over ad with 'Entourage' stars
Variety reports that HBO sent Jake Paul's gambling app a cease-and-desist letter over a commercial reuniting Jeremy Piven and Adrian Grenier.
TLDR
Variety reports HBO threatened legal action unless Betr removed the ad, alleging that its setting, clothing, dialogue and delivery evoked or duplicated "Entourage" without permission. Betr told Variety that HBO owns the show but not its actors, and argued that Piven and Grenier were playing themselves. Betr also accused HBO of contradicting arguments it had made while defending "Ballers" and "Six Feet Under" in court about celebrity lifestyles and fast-talking characters belonging to everyone.
