ranintothedoor Posted February 17 Posted February 17 1 hour ago, Lance said: Ben Affleck is an Oscar-winning megastar. Him even being in a casino is "free advertising and exposure". Yet Vegas casinos have banned him from playing blackjack because he counts cards and beats the house edge. His mere presence could literally bring millions in action to a high-stakes table over several hours, yet they choose to ban him. Bending that black book rule might generate more revenue for them than they lose on that night. There are very valid and specific reasons why they did go through with the ban if you think about it, though. Not a perfect analog here by any means, but plenty of antecedents that line up. And think about this figure skating guy who did minions music. Universal didn't get a dime off it up front and if they had just let it go for "free advertising and exposure", I'd say they're run by complete morons. It's a 25th-place performance only available on Peacock five hours before medal contenders start skating on anything nationally or internationally televised, and some fools really think that was going to generate more revenue than by having the skater pay for the rights. Universal likely got more clicks to Minions music on Spotify when they made it an international headline by saying no. All excellent points, sir. Quote
perc2100 Posted February 23 Posted February 23 On 2/17/2026 at 11:49 AM, Lance said: Ben Affleck is an Oscar-winning megastar. Him even being in a casino is "free advertising and exposure". Yet Vegas casinos have banned him from playing blackjack because he counts cards and beats the house edge. His mere presence could literally bring millions in action to a high-stakes table over several hours, yet they choose to ban him. Bending that black book rule might generate more revenue for them than they lose on that night. There are very valid and specific reasons why they did go through with the ban if you think about it, though. Not a perfect analog here by any means, but plenty of antecedents that line up. And think about this figure skating guy who did minions music. Universal didn't get a dime off it up front and if they had just let it go for "free advertising and exposure", I'd say they're run by complete morons. It's a 25th-place performance only available on Peacock five hours before medal contenders start skating on anything nationally or internationally televised, and some fools really think that was going to generate more revenue than by having the skater pay for the rights. Universal likely got more clicks to Minions music on Spotify when they made it an international headline by saying no. That could very well be, and it's possible they calculated that. If, perhaps, the #1 skater on earth wanted to use their music and they knew the music would be heard underneath a brilliant, medal-winning performance that everyone would talk about, perhaps they would've granted permission then Quote
Slingerland Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Sure, but that's 'being granted permission", which acknowledges that someone else owns the property and has agency to decide how it's used. 1 Quote
perc2100 Posted February 26 Posted February 26 On 2/24/2026 at 5:19 AM, Slingerland said: Sure, but that's 'being granted permission", which acknowledges that someone else owns the property and has agency to decide how it's used. 100%; that's how ownership of intellectual property works and the copy right laws that keep me from legally publishing my Superman and Miss Piggy fanfiction comic 🤪 Quote
KVG_DC Posted February 26 Posted February 26 Y'all remember that time we learned WAY too much about perc2100? 3 Quote
Jeff Ream Posted February 27 Posted February 27 18 hours ago, perc2100 said: 100%; that's how ownership of intellectual property works and the copy right laws that keep me from legally publishing my Superman and Miss Piggy fanfiction comic 🤪 we had pigs in space, now we have Pigs of steel Quote
gak27 Posted February 27 Posted February 27 21 minutes ago, Jeff Ream said: we had pigs in space, now we have Pigs of steel Loved Pigs in Space! Captain Link Porkthrob hahahahaha 1 Quote
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