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Re: [Tlhingan-hol] New TKD Copyright
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (qeSan \(KSFCN\))
Sun Jun 15 18:19:01 2014
From: "qeSan \(KSFCN\)" <qeSan@ksfcn.com>
To: "KLI Mailing List" <tlhIngan-Hol@kli.org>
In-Reply-To: <539CB919.5040705@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2014 23:18:39 +0100
Reply-To: qeSan@btinternet.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lieven [mailto:levinius@gmx.de]
> Sent: 14 June 2014 22:05
> To: tlhingan-hol@stodi.digitalkingdom.org
> Subject: Re: [Tlhingan-hol] New TKD Copyright
>
> Am 14.06.2014 20:42, schrieb lojmIt tI'wI' nuv 'utlh:
> > Likely, the roster of companies that own each other has changed.
> > Perhaps CBS has purchased Viacomm, who owns Simon & Schuster.
>
> Actually, that is no new news, and not a "perhaps":
>
> CBS has been founded using the name Viacom in 1970/71.
>
> In 1994, Viacom aquired Paramount and Simon & Schuster.
>
> In 2006 Viacom was split back into CBS and Viacom, while Simon &
> Schuster stayed with CBS.
>
> Filmrights on Star Trek belong to Paramount Pictures, while TV-rights
> are owned by CBS.
>
> This is confusing, indeed.
>
> So if anyone has disclaimer on their website, it should not say
> "trademarks of Paramount", but "trademarks of CBS". The bird of Prey
> manual does, and the Monopoly too.
EuroTalk also had to go through CBS rather than Paramount. In my limited
experience it seems that the people in CBS are more behind the language than
Paramount seemed to be while they owned the rights. There have been several
products that I'm aware of where Marc was involved as a condition of
licensing.
qe'San
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