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Dee Dee wrote:

> I think you're moving off-point in the discussion, as I was answering
> the statement as to whether he had a market or not or if he wanted to
> market his product somewhere else. We were talking here in the last
> part about the market value of Mario's property to someone else; not
> the fiduciary duty to the stock holders.


Ah. Well, I'm not sure that there's any market outside of perhaps DVDs
for old Molto Mario episodes.

> As to fn's fiduciary duty, they have made the decision that his
> re-runs will not make them money. But IMO, I think the real answer
> is that they have made the decision that his re-runs will not make
> them 'enough' money. I think this is more of the purvasive rule
> running through most negotiations nowadays. IOW, it's not worth the
> effort, we want to make more money off something else. Now let me
> see .....


Yes, if they can make more money with (don't hate me) Sandra Lee, then
that's the way they'll go.



Brian

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