BET Slapped With Lawsuit Over Demise Of Unofficial Facebook Fan Page For ‘The Game’

Page administrators of successful but unofficial fan pages may want to learn from the experiences of Stacey Mattocks, whose page about BET comedy-drama series “The Game” reached 6.2 million likes before the cable network allegedly asked the social network to delete the page.

Page administrators of successful but unofficial fan pages may want to learn from the experiences of Stacey Mattocks, whose page about BET comedy-drama series “The Game” reached 6.2 million likes before the cable network allegedly asked the social network to delete the page.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Hollywood, Esq. blog detailed the ongoing saga between Mattocks and BET, which started when the show was airing on The CW in 2008, and Mattocks created her fan page, and culminated in a lawsuit she filed against BET Monday, alleging tortious interference, breach of contract, breach of good faith and fair dealing, and copyright infringement.

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