Wipeout wipes out?

[Aaron Gerow]

News services are reporting that the Japanese network TBS is suing  
the American network ABC for violating copyright in making the show  
Wipeout even though it strongly resembles TBS programs like Fuun  
Takeshi-jo and Sasuke.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081007/tv_nm/us_wipeout_1

What does this say about the US appropriation of Japanese pop culture?

Aaron Gerow
KineJapan owner

Assistant Professor
Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University

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