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Re: Lego Legends
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 26 Jul 2001 07:48:39 GMT
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I think you'll find Time Warner who own the rights to Harry Potter now are a
marketing Giant compared to Lucasfilm
look at the heavy handed way they have delt with anyone who dared to buy a
harry potter URL
James
"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message
news:GH1x4M.A44@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.castle, Richard Sperber writes:
> > Just came across this post in Space discussing the Star Wars deal TLC • made:
> > http://news.lugnet.com/space/?n=10069
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> > Basically, if TLC signed the same type of deal for Harry Potter as it did
> > for Star Wars, then we may be looking at a long time without Castle. • What,
> > there are four HP books now? Looks like another Dark Age is coming on • (or
> > maybe a dismal Ice Age)!
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> Personally, I really strongly doubt that this kind of agreement was signed
> for the Harry Potter License. Sure, HP is a "big deal", but it is still
> pretty small potatoes compared to the marketing giant that is Lucasfilm.
> Lucasfilm is a much bigger property, and has much more sway over what will
> and won't happen in a merchandising contract, because they can (to a • certain
> extent) guarantee market share.
>
> James
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| (...) Personally, I really strongly doubt that this kind of agreement was signed for the Harry Potter License. Sure, HP is a "big deal", but it is still pretty small potatoes compared to the marketing giant that is Lucasfilm. Lucasfilm is a much (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jul-01, to lugnet.castle)
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