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Watchmen Delayed, Or Worse
whisper_jeff writes "Due to some potential copyright issues, The Watchmen might be delayed, or worse. It seems that Fox claims it still owns copyrights which would prevent Warner Bros from releasing the movie. US District Court Judge Gary Feess decided that Fox had enough of a case that he's willing to hear things out. The geek in me hopes that it will be resolved quickly and the movie will hit theaters on time."
Yes, I would, but mostly because I believe that people should gain based on their own merit and not their ability to take advantage of other people.
OK - You're playing 9-ball. There's $10k on the line. You notice that your opponent is about to take a shot that will likely leave him stranded and set you up for a win, when he's got another opportunity open that would doom you.
Are you going to stop him from shooting and point out the better option? Just so that you know that he won based on his own merit?
Fox probably noticed that WB was spending a lot of money on this early on. But, if they had stopped them, the result would have been very detrimental to Fox. They probably could have negotiated to allow WB to proceed, but they wouldn't have nearly the leverage that they do now. And it's a big chunk of money on the table.
It's not an all-or-nothing deal like my 9-ball example (maybe golf with $$/hole would have been better - oh well) but, when there's that much money sitting out there, you let your opponent take the bad shot and play the game from there.
He's getting rather old, but he's a good mouse.