'Ted' creator accused of copying foul-mouthed bear

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'Ted' creator accused of copying foul-mouthed bear

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ted-creator-accused-copying-foul-mouthed-bear-235647719.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/gAnbJ2S46hCIaogw0.4_RA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/a2430640492bce8e3c2c86bfec4c9bbf724f276c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Writer and director Seth MacFarlane attends the world premiere of &quot;A Million Ways To Die In The West,&quot; at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California, May 15, 2014" align="left" title="Writer and director Seth MacFarlane attends the world premiere of &quot;A Million Ways To Die In The West,&quot; at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California, May 15, 2014" border="0" /></a>A production company is suing US comic Seth MacFarlane for breach of copyright, claiming he based his foul-mouthed character in hit movie &quot;Ted&quot; on an abusive teddy bear created years before. Bengal Mangle Productions say MacFarlane's Ted, who drinks, takes drugs and likes prostitutes, is based on the title character in &quot;Charlie the Abusive Teddy Bear,&quot; an online show dating from 2009. &quot;Charlie is a teddy bear who lives in a human, adult world with all human friends. Charlie has a penchant for drinking, smoking, prostitutes, and is a generally vulgar yet humorous character,&quot; it said in a lawsuit.</p><br clear="all"/>

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