BS Plowboy. Yep, characters get paid to use the product. Any the owning
movie company, etc. pays Coke, etc. for that. Thats why many times you'll
see a carton of, say, milk, and instead of some brand name, it'll say "Milk"
on it i.e.
Company X didn't want to play the game in that case.




"Plowboy2" > wrote in message
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> BS Jp, In the movies, example- Coke pays to have the "characters" drink
> them... same with cars, any merchandise, everything.
> JP enlightened us with:
> > Not in movies, which is what was mentioned in the post.
> >
> > Hehe, but then, you'd know all about ways of doing things that most
> > people can't, eh ?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Don Wilshe > wrote in message
> > m...
> >> wrong.. but thats ok.. tracks, drivers and associations can be had
> >> for free if you
> >> just ask enough
> >>
> >> don wilshe
> >>
> >>
> >> "JP" > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>> ? Anytime, anywhere you use a copyright protected logo, etc.,
> >>> there's money being paid, usually by the entity using it, not the
> >>> owners.
> >>>
> >>> Nothing new, been that way for decades.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Plowboy2 > wrote in message
> >>> news:2TXvd.1621$up.289@lakeread08...
> >>>> There is a f#cking problem with this licensing... Can someone
> >>>> tell me why
> >>>> Coke, Ford, or others Pays through the nose to have thier cars or
> >>>> products
> >>>> in a movie, yet game writers have to pay them to have thier
> >>>> products put "xactly" like they were when Coke, Ford, or others
> >>>> paid through the nose for us to see the race we are "emulating",
> >>>> on our tv???
> >>>>
> >>>> seems f#cking ludicrous to me.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Jochen Heistermann enlightened us with:
> >>>>> "Indy" > wrote in message
> >>>>> oups.com...
> >>>>>> http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/sport...ory?id=1945691
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> EA ruined NASCAR racing by getting exclusive rights, now they're
> >>>>>> going to do the same to football.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Since Madden is from EA, it does not matter.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> A more serious matter is that Sony owns the Formula 1 rights and
> >>>>> does not publish
> >>>>> for the PC. There are not much useful mods out for GP4, so PC
> >>>>> owners have a tough
> >>>>> time.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Jochen
>
>