Trey Parker and Matt Stone's long-running and lucrative animated series is at the center of a legal battle and the streaming wars.
Paramount on Tuesday filed its answer and a counterclaim for breach of contract, as well as a partial motion to dismiss the complaint. The company is seeking $52 million in unpaid licensing fees asking the court for a declaration that it’s entitled to receive the agreed-upon $1.68 million per episode.
Paramount argues that their agreement detailed the “exact contours” of the parties’ rights and obligations — withretaining all other rights not granted in the deal — and alleges WBD is claiming breaches of terms that don’t actually exist in their deal to justify its non-payment of the licensing fees.
One key point of contention is the number of episodes WBD was entitled to for seasons 24 – 26. It insists it’s owed 10 for each season, but Paramount says there was no minimum commitment and it has delivered 16 episodes comprising those three seasons. “Despite receiving all of the content required under the Term Sheet, WarnerMedia apparently began to regret the actual terms of the deal it made,” states the filing, which is embedded below. “Indeed, unlike other streaming platforms involved in the bidding for the rights to the South Park television episodes in 2019, WarnerMedia did not seek to include a required minimum number of episodes for Seasons 24 to 26 in the Term Sheet.
WBD is still streaming the library episodes, made-for-TV documentary, other short-form content and 16 episodes from Seasons 24-26 — but refuses to pay licensing fees because of Paramount’s alleged breach, according to the filing, which argues that WBD is the one that’s breaching their deal by failing to pay $52 million that’s past due and indicating it will continue to withhold more than $225 million in licensing fees.
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