Look like there could be trouble ahead
FilmArena not happy
Jan just posted this to me on Facebook
Dear Paul, you are right about the rights to the movie and distribution, but the copyright to our concept of this SteelBook (approved by STUDIO CANAL) belongs to us and we have not provided it to any third party yet. That is why it is rational to think that we should be at least informed what was going on with our creation. Under these circumstances, we have asked the producer of SteelBooks and also STUDIO CANAL to explain the situation. We are very sorry, but we have agreed with our law agency not to share any further information to this case until the investigation has been finished.
Thank you for understanding. Jan for Team FA
thats kinda funny as they themselves basicly took the novamedia steelbook and made some lousy additions which made the overall steelbook a failureLook like there could be trouble ahead
FilmArena not happy
Jan just posted this to me on Facebook
Dear Paul, you are right about the rights to the movie and distribution, but the copyright to our concept of this SteelBook (approved by STUDIO CANAL) belongs to us and we have not provided it to any third party yet. That is why it is rational to think that we should be at least informed what was going on with our creation. Under these circumstances, we have asked the producer of SteelBooks and also STUDIO CANAL to explain the situation. We are very sorry, but we have agreed with our law agency not to share any further information to this case until the investigation has been finished.
Thank you for understanding. Jan for Team FA
Hopefully something does come of this. They have basically devalued FA premium t2 to just about nothing. Same thing could happen to any release if this sets the tone. Studio canal CEO is a douche.
the studio owns everything. im sure nothing will come of this unless there was a clause in the contract about what happens if the studio sells the WEA design to the rest of the world lol
the artwork is not made by fac tho.. they just added bossing and the gitd effect, which everyone wants to be removed... i dont understand why they make such a fuss over this..not that easy I believe. Yes the studio owns the rights of movie, but it's FA employees who worked on the design. So depending what was written in the contract, the studio might not have the right to use something that was made by a 3rd party.
Look at the John Wick 3 Steelbook (France and Benelux front artwork), the poster was made by a 3rd party artist (who actually used images from John Wick 2) and the studio paid the artist to use these as official posters, if I am correct.
I'm not saying FA are the good guys here, it really depends what was written in the contract when FA asked to make a Terminator 2 release.
I'm not saying FA are the good guys here, it really depends what was written in the contract when FA asked to make a Terminator 2 release.
the artwork is not made by fac tho.. they just added bossing and the gitd effect, which everyone wants to be removed... i dont understand why they make such a fuss over this..
yes, i understand... but its common to pay the artist for the use of their artwork, not for bossing or additional effects someone has generically added to artwork which is most likely owned by the studio.. i guess its within their rights to ask them not to use it, but if you ask me, they didnt add overly much anyways.. everyone would probably be happier with a flat glossy steelbookthe design is not only the artwork. It's the whole thing: the choice of artwork, the bossing, the finish etc etc.
yes, i understand... but its common to pay the artist for the use of their artwork, not for bossing or additional effects someone has generically added to artwork which is most likely owned by the studio.. i guess its within their rights to ask them not to use it, but if you ask me, they didnt add overly much anyways.. everyone would probably be happier with a flat glossy steelbook