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Do you have a regular computer monitor by chance?

Won't be the first time a comic artist drew an anatomically incorrect body...

Well, the producers said they were going for something more alien in the costume...

If you read the 2003 document, it specifies that Big West took the SDFM-story proposal (which was done before Tatsunoko came in, and is what BW owns) to Tatsunoko (i.e. they showed their outline of what they wanted to do). Tatsunoko took that idea and did the actual production of that idea. The episode-to-episode screenplay of the SDFM-series, the story chronology of the SDFM-series, or the story of the SDFM-TV series, or what you wish to call it is what is owned by Tatsunoko because they were involved in its production.

I'm not talking about the Macross-franchise, only SDFM which is the only relevant part of to RT.

In the links, Big West is listed as the owners of (and rightful owners of) designs. But if Big West owns the story to SDFM, then they should have, in addition to the designs, been able to win over Tatsunoko for that as well and should be the copyright holders for the "story". But they didn't win and are not the copyright holders of that specific material (the story component of SDFM). Tatsunoko was brought in to help produce the show. Big West and Studio Nue took their ideas and designs to Tatsunoko to help them produce it because it cost too much for BW to go at it alone. And on top of that, the series was extended after it started so changes to the story were made to allow for the extension. So Tatsunoko provided the funding for the writers to write the scripts and storyboards, animators to animate the show, audio technicians to dub the soundtrack (dialog and sound SFX). So that is their copyright since they provided the funding to bring the show from an idea to an animated work. Which brings me back to my point, if Tatsunoko produced that idea into a tangible work, then they are the copyright holder of that said work, i.e. the animation, written story/narrative, and soundtrack for SDFM. I'll agree that Big West owns the idea of the story behind SDFM. But there's a problem, you cannot copyright an idea (see link). You can copyright a written outline of that idea, but unless you enter into a confidentiality agreement over that outline, there's nothing to prevent another party from using that idea.(see link)

If you scroll all the way down to the end of the post, under "Additional Resources", you'll find 2 links there explaining the term "Intellectual property" in terms of the law. What is Intellectual Property? Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage And reading Big West's statement over their copyright, you will see that it does not cover the story, only the design works.

Not bad. I like the First flight suit. It mixes the DYRL and TV looks fairly well.

We're not doubting that it will come out...at some point. It's just annoying that they list things so frakin' far in advance that it puts people's hopes up. If you want a more current example, Iron Man 2 has been listed on Amazon for a month. Yes, we know it would come out eventually on Blu-ray/DVD, but why list it so early when the disc features and street date were just announced today, July 13th.

http://www.hlj.com/helpcenter/products.html#parts See #5 for how to order parts from HLJ.

I made that point many moons ago before our LAM thread turned into a pile of poo. Anyway you shake it, the LAM will not look like it's cartoon origins. Going from one medium to another doesn't translate well. And Seto's point is valid; they'll just use the story from Robotech anyways.

That's incorrect and very very vague (using the term "intellectual property", as I've mentioned before is extremely vague and should be avoided). The character designs and mecha designs are owned by Big West; the story is not. The story to SDFM (and only SDFM) is owned by Tatsunoko. And as Seto pointed out, the story is exactly original.

Nope. The story is copyrighted by Tatsunoko.

But then they would have been sued by HG for trademark infringement.

I've seen no text that says they are biological sisters in any way. So I would consider it that Nene is referring to Klan as the superior person of their group. Much like in some circles, calling your superior, "aniki"/｢兄貴｣ out of respect is acceptable.

I think you misunderstood. Their "veto" option won't apply to the script, but more along the production in general, which is something that rarely happens, period. If WB were to violate their contract in some form HG could pull the license from WB/Macguire Ent.. That would be their veto option. Smaller groups have won over larger ones so it's possible. For something like this to happen though, it would require a serious breach-of-contract.

I'm sure, contractually, HG does have some veto power over the LAM. As in, if it strays too far from their copyright, they have the ability to pull the license from WB/Macguire Ent.. Basically, breach-of-contract.

"could" being the keyword. But yes, Roy is right. Amazon has a tendency to add things WAY beyond any announcement of a street date. It's somewhat annoying. In fact, as a recent example, Amazon had listings for The Pacific DVD and Blu-Ray back in May, while the series was still airing on HBO. Yes, it was expected that the series would get a home video release, but there was no MSRP, release date, or disc release info for the set and it was already listed, copy-pasted from the book release.

The oracle octopus is predicting Spain in the final match and Germany on the 3rd-place match.

Well, considering the Master File appears to be using the artwork of Hasegawa and Yamato.... I would say how much of the designs of the VF-19 toy(s) were placed into the Master File...

The movie had a slow nationwide release in Japan. It only opened to a small number of theaters originally and expanded as the months went on. IIRC, it was still expanding back in March 2010. Unlike some other anime movies which had larger releases, this movie had a smaller, more drawn out release as opposed to a wider release.

Robotech: Love, Live, Alive It's animated and it involves Tatsunoko.

It's called "hype". Remember this post? It really shouldn't be any big news. When movie studios get those rights, it normally includes merchandise. Which kind of merchandise depends on the terms of the contract. Which is usually a separate contract. Most of which concerns just items pertaining to the movie. If you are the copyright holder, then yes because you legally own the property. Remember Transformers Animated? Hasbro didn't give Paramount rights to make a cartoon. They gave them rights to make a live action movie and related merchandise (of which they would be one ones making the toys). But as I said, it depends on the terms of the contract. HG probably licensed out the rights to much of that stuff since they have no real capacity to produce it themselves unlike Hasbro.

From what I heard in the vids, it was something Macek thought of that Yune decided to expand on. So Yune is doing most of the leg work but it was originally Macek's idea.