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From People Online Daily Newsletter & the Press-Telegram:

David Duchovny has lost his battle over what he believes is a real-life
conspiracy to sell his forged signature. The "X-Files" star, as well as
Dean Cain ("Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"), filed separate
lawsuits earlier this year against the New York-based Truly Unique
Collectibles, an Internet firm that sells signed celebrity photographs. The
suits claimed the company was selling phony signatures of the actors and
was "stealing fame" by using unauthorized photographs of them to promote
its products in ads. (Duchovny's picture and signature went for $50.) The
company denied the charges, and U.S. District Judge Robert J. Kelleher
agreed, ruling that the allegations were groundless.

"We've always sold a legitimate product, so naturally, I feel exonerated,"
Truly Collectibles president James Ferrazzano told the Associated Press.
"We took on Superman and won."

The 30 August issue of "PEOPLE" includes an article about David's lawsuit.

From Gillian & David: The Archives / posted by Alfornos to ATXF

Page10 is a full page
close-up photo of David, accompanied, on page 11, by this story:

Alien-ated Actor
Is there $25 million out there?

David Duchovny sues the producers of The X Files in search of financial truth

FOCUS
After six seasons starring on FOX's The X Files, David Duchovny has likely
become hyperattuned to the possibility of conspiracy. Now he believes he
has found one - in real life. On Aug. 12 the actor filed a 12-count, $25
million lawsuit against 20th Century Fox for, among other things, plotting
to breach his contract.

Duchovny, 39, claims that the studio - which produces The X Files - sold
syndicated rights to FOX affiliates and the FOX-owned FX Channel at below
market prices, ignoring higher bidders. Peter Martin Nelson, an attorney
for Duchovny, says that, as a result, the star - who is entitled to a chunk
of that sale - "makes less money, and the studio makes more money."

There's more. Duchovny's suit also alleges that FOX entered into a
conspiracy with X Files creator Chris Carter, paying him $4 million in hush
money in order to "buy [his] silence." (Carter, who is not a defendant in
the suit, declined to comment. His new show, Harsh Realm, airs on FOX this
fall.)

It's too soon to tell how the case will turn out, but a nearly identical
suit filed last year by Alan Alda and writer Larry Gelbart - alleging that
FOX sold the rights to M*A*S*H to FX for too low a price - was settled out
of court for an undisclosed sum this month. And last April the production
company behind Tim Allen's Home Improvement settled a similar grievance
against Disney before the case went to trial. Terms were not disclosed.

Duchovny, who earns a reported $200,000 per episode portraying FBI Agent
Fox Mulder, is committed to The X Files' upcoming season - the last on his
contract. His attorney says the suit won't interfere with his performance.
Meanwhile, the truth is out there - it just might take a judge to find it.

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