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   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   Jack Bohn wrote:   
   > Frank Frank wrote:   
   >   
   >> SFTV_troy wrote:   
   >>> Has Paramount put this show back in the vault?  It appears they have,   
   >>> and released TNG as a replacement.   
   >> Can they do that? Stop someone airing Star Trek AFTER having sold the   
   >> syndication rights to them?   
   >   
   > Well, it's not so much "sold" as "rented."  The rights to air are   
   > probably licensed for some time frame, and then the syndicator   
   > offers a new license (or not) and the stations pick it up again   
   > (or not).   
      
   Why would they not, though? If you have a product to sell and there is   
   demand. It would be as if Wal-Mart decided to close its shops from   
   October until next March or something like that -- what possible kind of   
   business sense could that make?   
      
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