(April 7, 2017, 2:32 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Home Box Office Inc. (HBO) and others connected with the television show “Ballers” argue in an April 3 Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals appellee brief that the series is not substantially similar to a copyrighted work of two California writers, seeking affirmance of a trial court order dismissing the infringement suit (Everette Silas, et al. v. Home Box Office Inc., et al., No. 16-56215, 9th Cir.)....