LeBron James issues letter to Alabama football following perceived copyright violation

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The official Twitter account for Alabama Football recently shared a trailer for the first episode of "Shop Talk", a series that purportedly will feature football players and/or coaches having candid, roundtable discussions in a barber shop.

Uninterrupted claims the series "exploits" its own web series, "The Shop", in which James and his friends have conversations in a similar setting.

Uninterrupted reportedly went on to invite Alabama and the producers of "Shop Talk" to have a conservation before "rushing into legal proceedings". Last year, "Uninterrupted" aired "The Shop" a forum where James, Golden State forward Draymond Green, retired National Basketball Association player Charles Oakley and others have conversations while getting their hair cut in a barber shop. James and Co. previously released two episodes of the show.

On Monday, "Uninterrupted" sent a letter to Alabama addressing concerns over copyright infringement and intellectual property appropriation.

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The similarities are obvious, but that doesn't mean Uninterrupted wants to immediately pursue legal action.

We'll see how this works out, but it sounds as if Alabama's Shop Talk might not be coming soon after all.

By the looks of this situation, there may not be a second.

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