Thanks

Posted by BMan from ppp2a-16.ruralnet.net on January 05, 1999 at 17:31:37:

In Reply to: Re: Indy Can't Look like Ford??? Well...... posted by Michaelson on January 05, 1999 at 08:13:27:

: Well, I'm aware of the problem that copyrighting or licensing images is a separate negotiable item than the licensing or copyrighting of a character. Since James Bond constantly pops up here, we'll use him as an example....you've had a multitude of actors playing the character, and each and every actor "owns" his image, as you and I do ourselves, unless a contract agreement has been signed allowing another party to use our image for monetary gain. Newspaper and videographers have to carry appearance releases anywhere we go to have individuals give written permission to use their image when the image shot is used for publication or broadcast. Therefore, it's possible that the game company got the LucasFilm groups contractual blessing to use Indiana Jones, but not Harrison Ford's blessing to use his image as the character. Apparently they didn't have that problem with the novels or comic books portrayls. Good observation. Unless you dig into the mire of copyright laws (and in my business, I've HAD to!) this isn't real apparent, and there is still a huge amount of gray area to play with until the laws are tightened up to include the rapidly growing area of games, video, interactive broadcast and internet. The laws still apply in early 1970 terms. Regards. Michaelson

Thanks for the insights, Michaelson. That does make things a little clearer.

BMan

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