ATTN JMS: Buying the rights? (was Re: I wish JMS had ignored the

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Subject: ATTN JMS: Buying the rights? (was Re: I wish JMS had ignored the 
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s  1: Mar  8, 1997: Bob Glickstein <bobg at hiro.zanshin.com>
*  2: Mar  9, 1997: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)

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From: Bob Glickstein <bobg at hiro.zanshin.com>
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jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5) writes:
> [...] if there's no room for the show at enough stations to make it
> viable, they won't be able to do it.  (And they can't take it to
> cable, we found out this week, because the PTEN contract for the
> show expressly forbids it).

Suppose the worst happens, and the show isn't renewed, and there's an
opportunity to take it to cable, but the contract prevents doing that.

Could the fans form a co-op to buy the rights?  What would it cost?


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From: jmsatb5 at aol.com (Jms at B5)
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"Could the fans form a co-op to buy the rights?  What would it cost?"

WB would never sell.



 jms




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