[Fwd: Re: Hogwarts crests (sic)]

[eliasberg at ioc.net]

No: HPFGUIDX 6449

Amanda,

I think JKR holds the rights to the characters. Warner Brothers 
has licensed the characters for the movie version of the first 
book, with an option for, first right of all other books in the series. 
Warner Brothers has the rights to all merchandise of the HP 
series and will act as JKRs agent to sub-license to other 
companies for merchandise, i.e. Mattel and the trivia game, 
Electronic Arts for the video games. JKR maintains ownership of 
all her works and receives royalties on all Warner Brothers 
deals; hence she became the highest paid woman in Britain. My 
friend is Executive Producer at EA and was part of the team to 
acquire the rights to the HP series and it was a sub-license they 
pout together. I am not sure if Bloomsbury  owns any rights when 
they signed her? I only know the EA/Warner deal.

Dave