WWE's latest legal headache—a lawsuit over unpaid royalties—is one that promises to be more nuisance than disaster.
The sports entertainment giant once again finds itself poised to fend off a foe in court. Rene Goguen, who wrestled as Rene Dupree, as Eriq Gardner detailed in the Hollywood Reporter, has filed a class-action lawsuit against WWE over not receiving royalties from programming shown on the WWE Network.
The Netflix-like streaming service features a wealth of on-demand archives. Goguen's entire WWE career is available to watch, from him and Sylvain Grenier forming La Resistance to his run on the ECW brand in 2006.
If this case progresses, the stakes will clearly be high. Should Goguen entice other plaintiffs to join him and WWE have to shell out cash for the streamed footage in question, the financial impact will be huge.
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The sports entertainment giant once again finds itself poised to fend off a foe in court. Rene Goguen, who wrestled as Rene Dupree, as Eriq Gardner detailed in the Hollywood Reporter, has filed a class-action lawsuit against WWE over not receiving royalties from programming shown on the WWE Network.
The Netflix-like streaming service features a wealth of on-demand archives. Goguen's entire WWE career is available to watch, from him and Sylvain Grenier forming La Resistance to his run on the ECW brand in 2006.
If this case progresses, the stakes will clearly be high. Should Goguen entice other plaintiffs to join him and WWE have to shell out cash for the streamed footage in question, the financial impact will be huge.
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