They lost in district court on the issue of copyright, but the case was reinstated after appeal on grounds of implied breach of contract. Montz and Smoller first filed a lawsuit against NBC Universal in 2006. Supreme Court denied an appeal by NBUniversal to review a lower court ruling that reinstated a complaint by Montz and Smoller alleging that Syfy stole the idea for Ghost Hunters. The new lawsuit, filed yesterday in Los Angeles Superior Court, comes less than 2 months after the U.S. Along with NBCU and its cable networks division that includes Syfy, the complaint also names Ghost Hunters executive producer Craig Piligian and star/producer Jason Hawes. The producers, parapsychologist Larry Montz and publicist Daena Smoller, have filed a new breach of implied contract lawsuit against NBCUniversal claiming that Ghost Hunters is based on a concept they originally pitched to the company between 19. Personal replies will not be provided.There is a new chapter in the five-year legal battle between two producers and NBCUniversal over the hit Syfy franchise Ghost Hunters, which went all the way to the U.S. Have a question? Email us at Please include your name and town. One interesting bit of merchandise is the TAPS app - a program that turns your mobile device (currently available for iPhones and iPads and for Android devices) into a paranormal-investigation tool, able to sense electromagnetic fields, atmospheric vibrations and audio. Of course, TAPS also sells branded merchandise. The paychecks can't be that big, though, because they all seem to spend their spare time supplementing them.įor example, the TAPS members have a pretty active side business of hosting amateur ghost-hunting events, where people can buy tickets to a weekend of paranormal activities and celebrity elbow-rubbing - tickets cost in the $200-$300 range. However, there's no actual dollar figure available for what the team members get paid. "Ghost Hunters" team member Amy Bruni confirmed on her Facebook page - she's a prolific social media user - that The Atlantic Paranormal Society (TAPS, for short) doesn't charge clients for its ghost-hunting services. The money, then, comes from advertising, not from the clients themselves. The production company behind the hit Syfy reality show is Pilgrim Studios, which was also behind such shows as "The Ultimate Fighter" and "American Chopper." In the case of "Ghost Hunters," like most TV shows, actually, they are actually paid by a production company, which serves as a sort of middleman between the network and the stars themselves.
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