The closely followed trials shed new light on accounting methods studios have used when calculating, reporting and paying out profits to producers, directors and lead actors.
LOS ANGELES - In Hollywood, disputes over profit sharing from hit films and television shows have long pitted artists and studios against each other. But many in the industry say a shock to the system last year in the form of three hefty verdicts favoring the artists may have shifted the scaled between Hollywood's Davids and Goliaths.
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