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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 3697294" data-attributes="member: 2477">One of the old threads had a couple links to new agencies, I didn't save them. Google found this: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/business/media/27movie.html?ex=1277524800&en=c2478a16f91a8555&ei=5090&partner=securitas&emc=rss" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/business/media/27movie.html?ex=1277524800&en=c2478a16f91a8555&ei=5090&partner=securitas&emc=rss</a>"Lawsuits in Hollywood are as common as hobbits in Middle Earth. What makes Mr. Jackson's suit draw such widespread interest here, other than his clout in the industry and the amount at stake, is one specific allegation about New Line's behavior. The suit charges that the company used pre-emptive bidding (meaning a process closed to external parties) rather than open bidding for subsidiary rights to such things as "Lord of the Rings" books, DVD's and merchandise. Therefore, New Line received far less than market value for these rights, the suit says."Like I said, the problem with it from my view, is that it wasn't an issue before the films were blockbusters. Now that they are blockbusters, I'm sure plenty of places would have paid through the nose for these rights, but how can you accurately judge what someone would have paid when it was The Director Of the Frighteners making a fantasy elf story?Who knows what the amounts SHOULD be, so how can you determine what they should have been, and then take Jacksons percentage?</blockquote>

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