but then if you take it down, or if they tell you to take it down, couldn't you distribute it privately on cd through email requests?
Josh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 11:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Illegal activity was: star wars sounds > Hi Shaun, > Yeah, it started off I got the run around trying to find the right > department head to talk to. I emailed several with no responce, and when > I did finally get any responce I was quoted what seamed like acanned > message about Lucas Arts holding all legal rights to Star Wars games, > and that to produce a game I'd have to pay upfront royalty fees, and so > on. > Basically, they wanted more than I can afford, and as soon as they > figured I am a one man show with little money to be earned off of my > ideas, I basically was blown off as a fly on a giants butt. > In short if you are going to approach Paramount or Lucas you need to > have a multimillion dollar idea like producing toys, games, etc that > they can suck up a huge percentage of the proffets. Otherwise get lost. > Everyone in the accessible games business knows there is no gold mine, > and what little money you made off of your Star wars or Trek idea would > be gobbled up by the copyright holders leaving you with zip. > If you want to release it give it away for free. Worst they can do is > say take it down. > > > shaun everiss wrote: >> I forgot what happened when tom asked for the things. >> Tom do you remember what happened with that, I know there was and still >> is licencing issues around the games. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > 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. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] 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.
