Talk show host sues pro-government TV over copyright

NEWS 20.02.202014:08
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The author of a popular talk show has sued the pro-government TV Pink and its owner and editors for breach of copyright over the Hit Tweet show.

Lawyer Goran Draganic confirmed that Olja Beckovic, author of the Impression of the Week (Utisak Nedelje) which is aired on Nova S, filed suit and added that the first hearing will be on Friday at the Higher Court in Belgrade.

The Impression of the Week started in 1991 and has been copyrighted since 1994.

Hit Tweet is aired on TV Pink at the same time as Impression of the Week on Nova S.The guests on the TV Pink talk are mainly and officials and public figures who support the government.

Beckovic’s law suit says that the authors of that show copied original concepts and segments of her show.