tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 01 09:44:43 2006
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Re: Hamlet
naHQun:
> > (I normally get stuck on the part that says Paramount
> > owns the copyright to the Klingon translation)
ghunchu'wI':
>There's a perfectly reasonable explanation for that. The KLI *gave*
>Paramount the copyright (and the camera-ready translation itself) in
>return for having it published as a mass-market trade paperback by
>Pocket Books.
IIRC the corporate media giant ViaCom owns both Paramount Studios and Simon
& Schuster (Pocket Books is their mass-market paperback division). Simon &
Schuster/Pocket Books publishes virtually all official Trek-related books
and games.
>Paramount does not own the Klingon translation to _Much Ado about
>Nothing_.
Makes sense as this was *not* published by Pocket Books, but by the Klingon
Language Institute (which is licensed by Paramount).
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons