![]() That would make it cheaper by eliminating their licensing fees, but how are you supposed to market something like this? The second is to sell whatever music Tommo doesn't own without making use of their copyrighted material and trademarks. But that strikes me as extremely unlikely to work, given that this company has no consciousness. The first is for this news to gain enough traction to shame Tommo into changing their minds. Though it was indeed foolish of the Curator guy not to demand a proper contract.Īt this point, I see only two ways this could still work out, and neither of them seems likely to succeed. (It doesn't.)If this is true, then Tommo is quite a dishonorable company, and this whole endeavor never had any chance of success in the first place. This is the first time I've even considered how it could relate to this work. "Fair use" was never anything that came up. The only reason I don't mind telling you all this is because of the tweets they put out saying they just "became aware of the Kickstarter two days ago." The project was quickly becoming wildly successful beyond any of their predictions, and thus felt likewise wildly out of their control. When we gathered over $15k in about a week, they sent me an email threatening to sue me, which was valid since we didn't have a signed contract-only multiple verbal and written agreements. They simply never counted on it actually being successful. They agreed, via email, to a licensing fee, which they understood I would gather via the crowdfunding campaign. They gave me the legal language for the copyright notice at the bottom. They saw the Kickstarter page multiple times while it was under construction. I've been in touch with them for over five years, almost constantly. Tommo/Billionsoft were among the first parties I contacted. I'm sorry this is the conclusion you reached. But apparently, a lot of those tracks' masters are either very hard to locate or no longer exist at all, so that wouldn't be a huge loss. If those tracks were generally only licensed, that would mean Tommo only owns the music composed by employees like Rhett Mathis. To my knowledge, most of HE's music was made by outsiders. Not sure if the legal situation is the same with the other composers. But I never thought it would end like this.Īccording to this tweet, it seems George Sanger owns most, if not all of the music he composed for HE, so it would theoretically still be possible to sell it while avoiding anything else associated with the games, but without the ability to even name the games his soundtracks belong to, attracting customers would be a lot harder. I was already worried in the past that this may never come to fruition, what with the extremely long period of time it took to prepare. We may not even learn the reason why this happened. Who knows?Īnd he doesn't exactly sound optimistic about the project's future. Maybe there was miscommunication within Tommo itself. Maybe he accidentally violated their contract. What seems more likely to me is that some sort of disagreement arose after it began, which prompted them to cut ties with him and pretend they had nothing to do with it. You don't spend years preparing a fraudulent campaign that has a huge risk of being discovered and terminated. I don't think it's likely the Curator guy really tried to do this all without Tommo's permission. Though the official HE Twitter account denounced the project and denies any association with it, the Curator guy claims they were on board with it before suddenly changing their minds. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |