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William Cloud Hicklin · 12-20-2007, 06:43 PM

Well, Sauron, it seems your only remaining argument is based on 'fairness,' since you have none at law.

I should point out of course that Party A took nothing resembling 'extraordinary additional steps.' He published his father's manuscript. That's all. If UA were really interested in The Silmarillion film rights, they could have bought them from JRRT. They did not.

And do you really think 'Party B' had any intention, or ability, or prospect of revenue, in making a 'Silmarillion' movie BEFORE 'Party A' took those 'extraordinary steps' in 1977? Please. UA got, tossed in as a disregarded freebie, a then-valueless one-paragraph synopsis. It's only valuable now thanks to the 'extraordinary steps' of 'Party A.'

And your assertion that Party A's actions rendered Party B's investment 'worthless' is a bit rich, considering that Party B and his licensees have raked in something like a billion dollars from the deal. Party B wanted The Lord of the Rings. They got it. They made movies of it. They generated squillions of dollars.

I can't bring myself to feel sorry for poor, abused Party B.

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William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,302	Well, Sauron, it seems your only remaining argument is based on 'fairness,' since you have none at law. I should point out of course that Party A took nothing resembling 'extraordinary additional steps.' He published his father's manuscript. That's all. If UA were really interested in The Silmarillion film rights, they could have bought them from JRRT. They did not. And do you really think 'Party B' had any intention, or ability, or prospect of revenue, in making a 'Silmarillion' movie BEFORE 'Party A' took those 'extraordinary steps' in 1977? Please. UA got, tossed in as a disregarded freebie, a then-valueless one-paragraph synopsis. It's only valuable now thanks to the 'extraordinary steps' of 'Party A.' And your assertion that Party A's actions rendered Party B's investment 'worthless' is a bit rich, considering that Party B and his licensees have raked in something like a billion dollars from the deal. Party B wanted The Lord of the Rings. They got it. They made movies of it. They generated squillions of dollars. I can't bring myself to feel sorry for poor, abused Party B. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it. Last edited by William Cloud Hicklin; 12-20-2007 at 06:47 PM.