I don't know if this is the case but I wouldn't be surprised to find that the Academy sends such a contract out to everyone nominated. Or it might be part of a larger agreement, regarding the right to use their name and image, right to record them on the broadcast, etc.
Craig. At 12:24 AM 3/6/06 -0500, JR wrote: >A copyright statement is just that, nothing more. It appears on just about >every book ever printed. But It doesn't mean I don't own the book -- it just >means I can't legally copy it and sell it (which is why it is called a >"copyright" after all). If I own a copyrighted book I can put it up for >auction on eBay any time I want and the publisher of the book -- the owner of >the copyright -- can't say boo about it. Same goes for the Oscar (unless, like >Judy Garland, they have signed one of those contracts guaranteeing that the >Academy has the right to buy it back for $1 buck if the owner doesn't want to >keep it anymore. That's different. If you sign one of those contracts, then >you have to let the Academy buy it back for a buck if you don't want it >anymore). > >But even that doesn't apply to pre-1949 Oscars which had no serial numbers on >them. If Tom's Oscar is pre-1949 (it has no serial numbers), then the Academy >has no legal claim on it. > >I wonder, these days, does everyone who receives an Oscar have to sign one of >those buy-back contracts? What if they don't sign? Does that mean the Academy >will not award them their Oscar even if it turns out they have won one on >Awards Night (theoretically no one knows who wins until the envelope is opened >on stage). > >If the Academy does not make everyone sign a buy-back, then the Academy is >clearly giving the statue to the winner, live, on television, in front of >hundreds of millions of people. That's a lot of witnesses -- and they all saw >the statues given to the winners tonight. Being given something, and accepting >it, means you now own it and you can do whatever you want with it -- display >it or auction it off. > >-- JR > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Richard Halegua Comic Art" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 22:52 >Subject: Re: [MOPO] Oscar On Antiques Roadshow > > >>ACADEMY AWARD(S)®, OSCAR(S)®, OSCAR NIGHT® and >>OSCAR® statuette design mark are the registered >>trademarks and service marks, and the OSCAR® >>statuette the copyrighted property, of the >>Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences > >you forget the ® behind Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences > >oops.. I mean Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ® > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Craig Miller Wolfmill Entertainment [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
