03-07-2016, 04:09 AM
The Kentner story is bollocks.
The author "heard" it, yeah? Well, where? - Even under the very restrictive US copyright law, nominative fair use is generally permitted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use
Now, as with other projects, like "The Great Kingdom" documentary, a few years back, he might have to plan the payment of a legal counselor into his budget for the project; if he is unwilling, or unable to do that, then, yes, posturing and scare stories, by whomever spouts them, will surely be enough to intimidate him.
But the story itself, likely complete nonsense. I don't play that card often, but I work in a field where I have to deal with stuff like that quite frequently; not so much because this was a business reality, but because many of my clients believe in this kind of urban myths. And I've said this a couple of times when we here were more involved with Kentner's efforts: I don't know who counsels Kentner at the moment, but he needs way, way more professional support than the people that he seems to have around him right now.
The author "heard" it, yeah? Well, where? - Even under the very restrictive US copyright law, nominative fair use is generally permitted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_use
Now, as with other projects, like "The Great Kingdom" documentary, a few years back, he might have to plan the payment of a legal counselor into his budget for the project; if he is unwilling, or unable to do that, then, yes, posturing and scare stories, by whomever spouts them, will surely be enough to intimidate him.
But the story itself, likely complete nonsense. I don't play that card often, but I work in a field where I have to deal with stuff like that quite frequently; not so much because this was a business reality, but because many of my clients believe in this kind of urban myths. And I've said this a couple of times when we here were more involved with Kentner's efforts: I don't know who counsels Kentner at the moment, but he needs way, way more professional support than the people that he seems to have around him right now.