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Yoga to the People is being sued by Bikram Yoga founder Bikram Choudhury. Choudhury claims that Yoga to the People's founder Gregory Gumucio copied his poses and "hot yoga" style, which he's copyrighted. He sent an "undercover investigator" to check it out, and his lawyer said: "The particular class identified in the case is a virtual mirror image of Bikram Yoga and it used virtually verbatim the Bikram Yoga dialogue." Most likely, because Gumucio was once Choudhury's "right-hand man." [DNAinfo]
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