[LINK] Movie Exec says "Piracy" etc

[Frank O'Connor]

Guess I gotta go abuse CNN and Wired then. The items featured there 
in the last week.

Incidentally ... love the mailer ... or do you have a very small screen?

				Regards,

At 12:40 PM +1100 19/11/2002, gbrennan@bigpond.net.au wrote:
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>Message -----
>
>For example ... the
>recent SpiderMan
>movie (which I
>haven't seen)
>apparently did boffo
>business to the tune
>of approximately
>$450
>million at the box
>office alone. Stan Lee
>(who apparently was
>the
>main character's
>creator) supposedly
>had a deal for a share
>of the
>profits on the movie,
>on DVD and VHS
>distribution and on
>merchandising.
>
>He hasn't seen a cent.
>According to the
>studio SpiderMan
>made a loss.
>
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>------------
>
>I have just caught up
>with this, and other
>posts on this matter.
>
>It is all bulldust, and
>shows that people on
>this list can be about
>as thoughtful and
>informed as your
>average Sydney talk
>back radio host.
>
>Stan Lee has not sued
>the producers of
>SpiderMan . . .
>actually he is a
>producer of the film,
>(he'd have trouble
>taking himself to
>court).
>
>As far as I know he is
>perfectly happy with
>how Hollywood has
>treated him thus far
>in his roles on the
>script and as an
>executive producer.
>
>He has however, sued
>the publisher of the
>comics. He claims the
>publisher, which
>owns the rights to
>the SpiderMan
>images, should be
>paying him a share of
>the rights payments
>he says they got
>from the film's
>producers.
>
>The publishers have
>responded that Stan
>is being paid exactly
>what his contract
>stipulates.
>
>regards
>gbrennan
>
>
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