If you have a friend who knows an extra who talked to a sound technician who heard on the grapevine about the person who died at the hands of Negan, you might want to avoid letting others know in forums and pretty much anywhere else. In fact, you should keep it entirely to yourself – you might get sued by AMC.
The Spoiling Dead Fans, if you couldn’t tell by the name, are dedicated to finding out all they can about new The Walking Dead they can so they can share it with others. As expected, they’ve been speculating a lot about who Lucille’s victim is, which should just be pretty harmless guessing. Not according to AMC, who reached out to the group to complain:
After two years, AMC finally reached out to us! But it wasn’t a request not to post any info about the Lucille Victim or any type of friendly attempt at compromise, it was a cease and desist and a threat of a lawsuit by AMC Holdings, LLC’s attorney, Dennis Wilson. They say we can’t make any type of prediction about the Lucille Victim. Their stance is that making such a prediction would be considered copyright infringement.
They were forced to stop because no TV show is worth facing legal action over, with one of them confirming as such:
“Please respect our decision not to put our livelihoods at risk”, one writes on Facebook. “AMC has been harassing us for four days now by contacting our homes, our family members and our employers; even posting on this page and personal social media accounts. We are fans of this show just like you and aren’t a commercial operation that makes profit. We have families and careers to think about. No spoiler will ever be worth compromising those things. If you think this makes us pussies that are bowing down to AMC then so be it.”
Thanks to Torrentfreak, we have a look at the letter that AMC sent the fans:
“The release of plot summaries and particularly the types of crucial plot elements that you have stated you intend to release, have been found to constitute copyright infringement. Specifically, in Twin Peaks Productions vs. Publications International, the Court ruled that publishing a work that ‘recount[s] for its readers precisely the plot details’ of a fictional work constitutes copyright infringement.
“By advertising the illegal disclosure of intricate plot details of an unreleased episode of The Walking Dead without authorization, you will willfully and intentionally impair the commercial viability of the show and thus AMC’s ability and incentive to continue to produce creative works such as The Walking Dead
“In light of the above, we demand that you repudiate your intent to leak the ‘Lucille Victim’ by confirming that you will cease and desist from that illegal disclosure and/or assisting others in the illegal disclosure.
“Should you fail to do so, AMC will file a lawsuit against you to enjoin your harmful illegal activities and seek to obtain money damages and injunctive relief to address your conduct.”
Sheesh. All of this mess when it’s pretty obvious that Abraham died – COME ON PEOPLE.
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