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« Reply #60 on: November 28, 2007, 01:24:30 PM » |
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« Reply #61 on: November 30, 2007, 01:51:37 PM » |
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I just love your DP Kevin. It is amazing that you could put it all together. I was telling my husband about your prop replicas and he asked me if it was all okay with Warner Bros. I told him there were quite a few people round the world doing replicas but do you know what the situation is? I am just curious. Also I was wondering if it is possible to get a copy of that front page so it is readable? I would like to read it.  |
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« Reply #62 on: November 30, 2007, 05:10:56 PM » |
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If I were to try and sell any of the replicas I make I would be in breach of copyright. With Harry Potter the copyright is licensed to Warner Brothers. They protect it fiercely because anybody who has sub-licensed the rights from them wouldn't want somebody like me undercutting them and ruining their market. If I wanted to sell my replicas I really should approach WB and negotiate a licence. That would mean an initial payment to them and then a royalty for each item sold. At the end of the licence period I would have to pay them a lump sum for any shortfall in sales (relative to the minimum sales figures they would find acceptable).
That said, there is a slightly grey area around creating and selling a one-off, fan produced tribute item because it starts to enter the "art" market.
Basically, that's why I only do these for my own amusement. Also, I buy a lot of licensed items but nobody has done a DP or accurate wizard candy and it doesn't look like they're going to.
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« Reply #63 on: November 30, 2007, 05:17:30 PM » |
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Oh and the text on the front page is just the excerpt from the first book repeated and chopped up a bit. The graphics department were able to have some fun and write new stories on the inside and back pages. I am struglling to decipher the blurry picture I have of the original prop from when it went to auction a few years ago. I am getting there, but there are some words I can't make out. What doesn't help is that they chop and paste copy to fit the shapes so it doesn't always make sense.  The red question marks are where I'm struggling. I have made a little more progress with the crossword clues than is shown here. |
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« Reply #64 on: December 01, 2007, 06:59:22 AM » |
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Kevin, your prop replicas are beautiful!  |
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« Reply #65 on: December 01, 2007, 05:04:21 PM » |
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Thanks Kevin, I think you must get HUGE satisfaction out of your props and you can see we certainly do  The red bits huh? It looks like you nearly have it nailed. |
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« Reply #66 on: December 01, 2007, 08:11:47 PM » |
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Thanks Bitsy.
The prop card scans that were posted here helped me pin down the crossword clues that I have filled in. There are only eight or nine of them and they repeat. One prop card allowed me to work out which square on the crossword is "5".
I think I'm going to have to make up the rest to finish this one off.
The top piece is really annoying. It has been so chopped up that it doesn't read well, although the gist of it is funny, and it has several names in it that don't relate to Potter. I'm going to go back to the DVD credits to read the names of everyone in the graphics department. That might answer another couple of questions.
On the extras disc for OotP, there's a sequence where the actress who plays Tonks tours the production offices. She meets a guy is Lima. The first reporter credited on the front page of the first PoA paper his also called Lima, but a different forename; his son maybe?
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« Reply #67 on: March 08, 2008, 02:08:12 AM » |
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Hi, I have also make Harry Potter props replicas : The first cover of The Quibbler, some Proclamations, and the Dark Arts Defence book cover from Umbridge. I am working on Christmas crackers (GOF), I have also other projects, after the crackers, so if you have pics of crackers, can you send me please ? This is 2 of my replicas :   |
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« Reply #68 on: March 15, 2008, 05:14:38 AM » |
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hey guys i am new i too have a prop im making at the moment its the bertie botts beans box
its complete and im very happy with it but as i love harry potter films so much and i do love collecting many potter replicas and maing but i have 1 prop missing from my collection so far and thats a o.w.l exam paper and if there is anyone who can help me i would be greatful maybe
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« Reply #69 on: March 16, 2008, 06:16:16 AM » |
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Hi, how many Harry Potter props have you make ?
Have you got a photo of your bertie Box ?
For the O.W.L. exam paper test, I'm making it but not finished for the moment .
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« Reply #70 on: March 17, 2008, 02:23:18 AM » |
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hi guys just wondered if theres anyone who has a progress report umbridge i would very much like your help
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« Reply #71 on: March 17, 2008, 05:27:41 PM » |
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Hi everyone! I am new to the forum and to posting and so will probably end up putting this mesage in the wrong place  Anyway a few of you already know me from Ebay and may have some of my prop replicas in your collections. This is just a warning about another Ebayer who has recently been stealing other peoples work and then printing cheap copies and then selling as their own work or even describing them as genuine props from the film.  He tried to buy an OWLs exam from me to sell as a real prop and then went on to try and sell my Hogwarts Bus Pass as is own work after taking an image of it from this forum. He has also stolen a Bertie Botts replica from an artist in Brazil and has been selling it as his own work. So beware....  |
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« Reply #72 on: March 17, 2008, 05:46:31 PM » |
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Have you reported this seller to eBay?
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« Reply #73 on: March 17, 2008, 09:27:01 PM » |
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Hi Yes I did .......about a 100 times and finally they removed the listings.....but he is still getting away with selling the Bertie Botts prop that the other Ebayer made...even though i reported it and so did the original artist. I just hate the thought of someone being ripped off by this person. I know he has contacted others asking for copies of my props  |
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« Reply #74 on: March 17, 2008, 09:41:21 PM » |
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I'm surprised that eBay allows the replicas to be sold at all. Two or three years ago, eBay made sellers remove these kinds of listings for violating Warner Bros.'s copyrights.
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« Reply #75 on: March 17, 2008, 09:52:57 PM » |
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Hi everyone! I am new to the forum and to posting and so will probably end up putting this mesage in the wrong place Anyway a few of you already know me from Ebay and may have some of my prop replicas in your collections. This is just a warning about another Ebayer who has recently been stealing other peoples work and then printing cheap copies and then selling as their own work or even describing them as genuine props from the film. He tried to buy an OWLs exam from me to sell as a real prop and then went on to try and sell my Hogwarts Bus Pass as is own work after taking an image of it from this forum. He has also stolen a Bertie Botts replica from an artist in Brazil and has been selling it as his own work. So beware.... hi mugglemum how r u ? im new also. i see you mentioned you have an owl exam paper do you have any photos of it as im working on one at the moment thankyou |
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« Reply #76 on: March 18, 2008, 12:04:08 AM » |
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Hi MuggleMum!. A very warm HP welcome to you.  Sorry that your first post on the board couldn't of been a happier one. Unfortunately some people have no morals and are quite happy to make money out of other peoples hard work. It seems that no matter how hard you try there are always going to be people that do this kind of thing. Unfortunately you don't have 50 pairs of eyes to keep track of them so even if they are eventually banned from ebay or have their listings removed they will always pop up somewhere else! |
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« Reply #77 on: March 18, 2008, 12:57:20 AM » |
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Hi Stoney! Thanks for the welcome! Hopefully all future posts will be happier ones now everyone is aware of the problem |
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« Reply #78 on: March 18, 2008, 03:02:53 AM » |
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Welcome Mugglemum! It's great to see you here! It is sad that there are people out there so unscrupulous as to steal (yes, it's a harsh word, but essentially that is what it is) another's creations, pass them off as their own, or attempt to mislead others into believing they are buying an authentic movie prop. It's just sad. Take comfort that there is such a thing called Karma. Here's to happier posts! |
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« Reply #79 on: March 18, 2008, 03:08:29 AM » |
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Welcome Mugglemum! It's great to see you here! It is sad that there are people out there so unscrupulous as to steal (yes, it's a harsh word, but essentially that is what it is) another's creations, pass them off as their own, or attempt to mislead others into believing they are buying an authentic movie prop. It's just sad. Take comfort that there is such a thing called Karma. Here's to happier posts! Hi there Bitsy Thanks for the welcome..and for your kind words....I'm sure all future posts will be happy ones |
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