Thread: Paramount sues to stop new book in ‘Godfather’ series
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Old 02-25-2012, 10:59 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS View Post
Sell it directly to the consumers. No middle man. More money for the author, less expense for the consumer. Everyone except the vultures wins.
There is no way Puzo could have produced the "Godfather" movies, and distributed them on his own, in 1972.

JK Rowling is one of the wealthiest individuals in the world. She still went with a movie studio to make films from the Potter series.

And again, the estate are not white knights seeking to preserve Puzo's legacy; they're cranking out schlock to make a buck. If they held the rights, that would be their choice. They don't, so it isn't.

This is not a "Goliath smash David" story, it's just a contract dispute, period.
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