Tom, Yeah, exactly. It's very sad, 'cause it is a sort of discrimination in a way. Granting rights to develop these games for the blind would not hurt them in any way, would indeed be excellent publicity, but since it won't substantially fatten their wallets...
Oh well. My imagination is hopefully big enough to keep me in my own ideas for a while...as much as i would love to do a Quidditch game. At 11:36 AM 6/14/2006, you wrote: >Hi, Liam. >In short that is the problem. Any time us small time devs want to >license anything from Hary Potter, Star Wars, Star Trek, you name it the >parent companies that hold those copyrights ask , "where is the money?" > From my own research those companies are expecting to make millions off >the licenses, and if your product isn't going to do that for them, >"Sorry, get lost." > They can license with Hazbro or someone else for a sighted market, of >course, and make huge returns from the sale of action figures, vidio >games, other collectables, and compared to that our market of a few >hundred buyers is nothing to them. We are pocket change. > > >Liam Erven wrote: > > It wouldn't be so mucha lawyer fight, as a payout that noone could really > > afford. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org >To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >any subscription changes via the web. > > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.4/364 - Release Date: 6/14/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.8.4/364 - Release Date: 6/14/2006 _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
