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Originally Posted by robotechtehbest
Harmony Gold legal use macross, Harmony Gold did buy to Tatsunoko Macross Rights. So Macross Fanboy no complain, Robotech legal use Macross design.
go www.robotech.com, it say "CAN USE ALL ROBOTECH", so can use macross design too. By contract Harmony Gold use too macross sequel design. |
Ah yes, another RT fanboy.
My friend what you have been told on the RT fan boards is misleading. Tatsunoko owns the "Maker's Rights" to SDFM, which means they own the animation that they created for the series, outside of Japan. BigWest has "Author's Rights" what we call here "Intellectual Property" rights, which means the story, the designs, the franchise itself is owned by those who
created it.
Har
money Gold can only own what Tatsunoko can sell and that is title to the animation itself. One of the reasons I believe all subsequent Macross shows tend to reference art and scenes from DYRL and not SDFM.
HG owns an erroneous trademark on a name that they have tenuous legal rights to. The only way they could control the importation of Macross named productions in the West and protect their little RT franchise from superior BigWest productions. To further their control they've gotten into bed with Manga Entertainment, the only other licenser of Macross material in the US.