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   From: candid@dontbother.invalid   
      
   Jack Bohn wrote:   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > It's a bit complicated by the fact that they have two ways to   
   > sell the product: as a series syndicated to stations, and as DVD   
   > or Blu-Ray sets to stores.  Now to reveal I have no idea what I'm   
   > talking about, especially when it comes to economics, but it   
   > seems they might want not merely to make money off it, but to   
   > make the most money possible off it.  They might figure the   
   > increase in store sales when fans can't watch it on TV may   
   > outweigh the money from syndication.   
      
   Gambling that you'll make more money by ticking off your customers than   
   otherwise is generally a bad idea in any industry.   
      
   Have none of the idiots in charge of these things noticed that when   
   songs get radio airplay, movies and shows get airtime, etc., sales of   
   recordings of the same items *increase*? Well, the RIAA noticed, and   
   kept getting caught paying radio stations to play particular songs.   
   Apparently they're smarter than Paramount. Which says a lot about   
   Paramount when you realize that the RIAA is in fact as dumb as a load of   
   bricks.   
      
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