> In article <jonathan.mockNOJUNK-1805971636530001@lon5-48.ukonline.co.uk>, > jonathan.mockNOJUNK@ukonline.co.uk (Jonathan Mock) wrote: > > > > Not me. This time last year I had thought of going to G-Con but ran out of > > time. It sounded great, one big get together by Godzilla fans. > > > > But now? Forget it. I'm not coming all the way from England just to get > > sucked into this tit-for-tat war between JD and JRR - sorry guys. > > Sorry, Jonathan, but you've obviously let everything that you've read > here -- probably starting way back during the "Godzilla-Con vs. G-CON" > nonsense -- give you a wrong impression as to what the conventions are > like. It's too bad if you've let yourself become a casuality of the > "tit-for-tat" war. > > > In all seriousness, what kind of message does all this stupidity send out > > to likes of Toho, Daeie, Trendmasters, Dark Horse and even Centropolis. > > Who would blame them if they decided to give wetsren G-fandom a wide berth > > in the wake of all this name calling, else set up their *official* fan > > organisation of their own. > > I agree with you that a lot of it *IS* stupidity -- but isn't this > exactly what Toho and all the other organizations that you've listed have > done from the start: given Western G-Fandom a wide berth? What kind of > message does Sony's current attitude to squash the image of the "old" > Godzilla in order to make way for the "new" Godzilla send to the likes of > the fandom? I don't see why we can't have both. > > > I still feel that Toho/Tristar will start to crack down on unnofficial fan > > clubs, websites and cons in the build up to next years G movie - fans > > fighting amongst themselves only makes their job easier. > > Well, this obvious point has been lost on several of the "fans," as was > the concept of "united we stand." It was amazing to see them scrambled > for cover when Toho launched their lawsuit against John Roberto. And for > what? The lawsuit only involves John, hasn't really progressed anywhere > after over 1 year and as a side benefit, the conventions, the fanzines, > the business selling G-stuff, etc. no longer receive letters from Toho's > irate U.S. legal department. Maybe they are too busy now? Who knows. > > I believe that the exact opposite of what you stated will happen and *IS* > in fact, already happening. Look at the Robert Marrero lawsuit, for > example: clearly, his book is in violation of Toho's rights, so they slap > him with an $8 million lawsuit. Well, something doesn't seem to be > working because Marrero has a rather prominent advertisment for his > Godzilla book in the current issue of SCI-FI UNIVERSE. Did Toho simply > settle with Marrero quietly after loudly announcing an $8 million suit? > Or was the announcement just to scare others from further releasing any [77 lines left ... full text available at <url:http://www.reference.com/cgi-bin/pn/go?choice=message&table=05_1997&mid=3561545&hilit=COPYRIGHTED+LEGAL> ] -------------------------------- Article-ID: 05_1997&3560657 Score: 80 Subject: Canada's Weaknesses