Film Rights to First & Second Age - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Sauron the White · 12-20-2007, 06:02 PM

WCH - even before your previous post, we had disposed of copyright questions.
The link from Nerwen was extremely helpful as were you. Thank you.

I cannot believe you or others cannot see the problem here. In fact, you summarize the situation up in one word ---- TOUGH.

So one Tolkien in charge grants me certain exclusive rights and is paid for them. The check cashes.

Then, years later, another Tolkien comes along with the authority of the first who has now departed from this earth. The second exercises his legal rights in the publishing world but screws up my plans to use part of the rights his father sold me. Part of my investment is now unusuable or could get me into great legal or financial trouble.

Yes, that is indeed T...O....U....G...H.

And who caused it to be so tough? Not the market as you threw out there hoping it would stick like so much pasta to a wall. Not the rising oil cartel prices. Not the changes in public taste. Not the technology. Not a worldwide depression.

What caused it to be so T..O...U...G...H is another Tolkien. Remember him? He is the son of the man who thought he pulled a fast one on me for selling me an unfilmable movie in the first place.

Indeed.

12-20-2007, 06:02 PM	#11
Sauron the White Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 903	WCH - even before your previous post, we had disposed of copyright questions. The link from Nerwen was extremely helpful as were you. Thank you. I cannot believe you or others cannot see the problem here. In fact, you summarize the situation up in one word ---- TOUGH. So one Tolkien in charge grants me certain exclusive rights and is paid for them. The check cashes. Then, years later, another Tolkien comes along with the authority of the first who has now departed from this earth. The second exercises his legal rights in the publishing world but screws up my plans to use part of the rights his father sold me. Part of my investment is now unusuable or could get me into great legal or financial trouble. Yes, that is indeed T...O....U....G...H. And who caused it to be so tough? Not the market as you threw out there hoping it would stick like so much pasta to a wall. Not the rising oil cartel prices. Not the changes in public taste. Not the technology. Not a worldwide depression. What caused it to be so T..O...U...G...H is another Tolkien. Remember him? He is the son of the man who thought he pulled a fast one on me for selling me an unfilmable movie in the first place. Indeed.