XPost: rec.arts.tv, rec.arts.sf.tv   
   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Frank Frank  wrote:   
      
   >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?   
      
   Disney makes a point of hiding their biggest properties away for seven   
   years at a time, then bringing them back out with big fanfare.   
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