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   From: robert_c72@hotmail.invalid   
      
   On 6/3/2010 4:25 PM, Matt Casey wrote:   
   > (large nested quotes snipped)   
   >   
   > But CBS shouldn't be owning Trek.   
      
   I suspect by the 1960s entertainment industry lawyers had already   
   developed contract language that would clearly specify how future rights   
   to a series concept should be divided between the creators and their   
   financial backers. Since then Desilu became part of Paramount, Paramount   
   became part of Viacom and the former Paramount TV properties were split   
   off under the CBS brand.   
      
   If Desilu/Paramount paid for things like the stage rent, sets, costumes,   
   crew wages, cast salaries and especialy management tasks like directors   
   and writers then Roddenberry might well have been an independent   
   contractor just like a costume rental company or craft services (caterer).   
      
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