Monday, February 7

Mez: Slasher Block II -

What are the prospects of blocking the Lifetime movie, which no one has even seen or reviewed yet, in the USA? Not very good, according to Nick Vivarelli at Variety:

"Experts say the lawyers can easily prevent the telepic from airing in Italy, but that differences between the Italian and U.S. legal systems make it much more difficult to block its Stateside TV release."

Meanwhile, books about
the case continue to roll off the presses . . .

Library Journal has posted a Pre-Publication Alert for Nina Burleigh's book on the Perugia Slasher Case:

The Fatal Gift of Beauty:
An American Girl and a Murder in Italy.

"Here, journalist/author Burleigh (e.g., Unholy Business) reconstructs a murder case that has proved to be about much more than murder. There will be interest."

What about the video clips posted on the Internet?

I'm not a lawyer, but permit me
to point out a couple of cogent points:

1) - Meredith herself does not appear in the clips.

2) - The issue of Simulation has become a very
contentious topic in our legal system in recent years.

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