[wellylug] The Movie of the Month

[David Murray]

On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 10:48 +1300, jumbophut wrote:
> On 3/2/06, David Murray wrote:
> > I suppose if it's viewable exclusively by members only in a
> > closed/private session that the general public cannot gain access to,
> > then it won't be public - I suppose.
> >
> > Maybe there ARE some benefits to be had from membership. :o)
> >
> > However, IANAL.
> 
> IANALE but my past experience suggests it still won't be legal.  I
> belonged to a club at university (membership fee required) which
> wanted to screen foreign language films at club meetings and had to
> pay a copyright fee.

Ah the joys of Intellectual Property laws and copyright. :o(


> I'm sure that is the big movie companies had their way, you couldn't
> even show a movie to your family without paying extra.

Alas that appears the case. Those corporations are intent on raking in
every last cent from every person on the planet.

JMS, writer, producer, director of Babylon 5 (Science Fiction for those
who don't know) described how those studio businesses charge expenses
against the production of individual projects through some creative, but
apparently legal, accounting. B5 has grossed upwards of an American
billion (1000 millions) dollars from DVD sales alone - not counting
syndication royalties and income from original broadcast, VHS sales,
etc. And the B5 show is still yet to show a profit - even tho' it always
produced each episode within a modest budget and on time.


Cheers

David Murray

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