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- BUSINESS, Page 71Business NotesLITIGATIONThe Battle Of Burbank
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- More than most industries, the movie business is dependent
- on the creative talents of a few top people. That is the basis
- for a feud that has broken out on the sprawling Burbank, Calif.,
- studio lot that Columbia Pictures shares with Warner Bros.
- Friction between the neighbors began last month when Japan's
- Sony agreed to buy Columbia for $3.4 billion and made plans to
- hire hit-making producers Peter Guber and Jon Peters (Rain Man,
- Batman) to run the studio. But the two men had signed an
- exclusive five-year deal to make movies for rival Warner. The
- two sides tried to negotiate a settlement, but last week both
- filed major lawsuits. Warner wants $1 billion for the loss of
- Guber and Peters, while Sony rejects Warner's claims and is
- asking for $100 million.
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