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@Germanlady You cannot be sure that MI6 member DaltonCraig007 is the same person as the CBN member you referred to. Please refrain from further accusations like these, unless you can provide indisputable evidence. Thank you.
Easy easy mister. You almost sound....angry. I try to be careful as well. You are right. Blofeld and SPECTRE are no longer Fleming property. But how do YOU know Blofeld and SPECTRE have not become EON property over the past years?
Your example about the videogame as being it a personal shooter or a story-based videogame is not sufficient, in that it does not say for which purpose the characters Blofeld and SPECTRE can be used without royalties to McGlory (estate) and for which purpose not. As far as I know, McGlory didn't want other people to use Blofeld and SPECTRE....AT ALL.
There is still the legal statement I have mentioned before: "GoldenEye 007: Reloaded © 2011 Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation. 007 and related James Bond trademarks © 1962-2011 Danjaq, LLC and United Artists Corporation. 007 TM and related James Bond trademarks are trademarks of Danjaq, LLC licensed by EON. All Rights Reserved. Game Code © 2011 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision is a registered trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc."
<b>Now, step by step some arguments based on the above</b>:
<b>1)</b> Focus on the words 'related James Bond trademarks'. You, me, everyone in here do not know for certain IF EON <B>silently</B> bought the rights for the names 'Blofeld' and 'SPECTRE' back from McGlory's children. Also, we do not know what Sony's role is (Remember, thanks to Sony acquiring Columbia, it was finally possible to produce a worthy version of 'Casino Royale').
<b>2)</b> The lawsuit from the 1960's (Approved in favour of McGlory, in which his name should be credited and for which McGlory should be paid, IF EON starts using 'Blofeld' and 'SPECTRE') do not specify AT ALL that there should be made a difference between a 'good storyline/plot' or a 'personal shooter' game. For the very simple reason, that in those days videogames did not exist. So that argument is bullocks.
<b>3)</b> Why the hell would EON risk using the names 'Blofeld' and 'SPECTRE' in the new videogame 'GoldenEye 007: Reloaded', when in 'FRWL' they agreed on using 'Octopus' instead? Both Wilson and Babs Broccoli, together with son David, are involved in the videogame-franchise as well. They functioned as consultants for both ActiVision and EuroCom. If the producers of 'FYEO' were so keen in showing the audience that Bond does not need Blofeld and SPECTRE, why bring those two names back?
<b>4)</b> Off course legal expert Michael G. Wilson knows he is in a good position to win future lawsuits, IF his goal is creating a legal precedent (We all know MGM/UA and EON won the August 30th 2001 lawsuit that McGlory filed against them). But everyone knows the mere risk of facing a lawsuit is always costly.
<b>5)</b> Perhaps EON and the estate of Kevin McGlory settled on something, in that McGlory's name will be credited one more time in the new Bond film + a nice, but not too high amount of royalty for McGlory's kids. I actually think the kids would be very satisfied with that. A nice gesture IMO.
<b>6)</b> And Kevin McGlory himself is dead, finished, period. He cannot produce a film with the names 'Blofeld' and 'SPECTRE' anymore. This creates some new, easier and moreover <b>cheaper</b> possibilities as well to produce 'Skyfall' with 'SPECTRE' and 'Blofeld'.
<b>7)</b> And then there still is John Logan's remark earlier this year that "Bond should always fight Blofeld". You cannot be for sure that Logan will use the bald-headed villain. But you can also not rule out the possibility.
<b>8)</b> Maybe that's why during the press conference the producers and Mendes specifically mentioned that this new film is "not based on previous Fleming work", leaving the possibility that McGlory will silently be credited for 'Skyfall'.
<b>My point</b>: You don't know for certain, I don't know for certain. Perhaps 'Blofeld' and 'SPECTRE' will not return. But you also can't rule out that possibility. Let's just wait and see.