Summary

The company which owns Barney the dinosaur is suing people in 20 states for illegally making and/or selling costumes and other accessories of the preschoolers' `favorite.

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 144833
Story Slug Barney Lawsuit (02/10/1998)
Location Pennington, New Jersey
Format Pkg*
Date 02/10/1998
Archive Time 18:19
TRT 1:26
Supers Pennington, New Jersey Carol Mackey, Lawrenceville Debbie McCloud, Trenton Sal Vaccaro, Hamilton Brenda Flanagan, Reporting
Video Description Shots of Barney the Dinosaur's show, people drinking beer, kids watching show, shots of costumes, parents sot, reporter sot, more shots of Barney.
Description The company which owns Barney the dinosaur is suing people in 20 states for illegally making and/or selling costumes and other accessories of the preschoolers' `favorite.
Script LEAD: What's purple and sweet.... and packs a dream team of corporate lawyers? It's Barney the Dinosaur! And as Brenda Flanagan reports, Barney's headed to court. (Take Pkg) SCRIPT: Sot But folks who liecense Barney the Dinosaur don't love you if you sell or rent his costume to grownups without their permission. Why? they've allegedly seen people dressed like ol' Barn -- gasp!-- smoking cigarettes or -- gulp!-- drinking beer! Sot Thrashing his reputation with the kiddies! So they're suing 50 New Jersey costume shops -- 700 nationwide -- for copyright violations! Sot Parents' reaction... Mos Mos Mos Standup "It's kinda rediculous!" said one. "It's so silly!" said another. But to return all unlicensed purple dino costumes and pay $100,000 in fines. Some say... Sot END
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