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Originally Posted by Hankphenom
As for what Larry would think about the DVD, what comes to mind is what he said about the film when I asked him about it. Laughing sardonically, he said: "Oh yeah, the film. Bud and I are friends, but I never got a dime out of it." I doubt if he'd care one way or the other that someone was putting out the DVD with his famous title on it, and would no doubt have something similar to say about the way it was issued. Larry knew how the world works.
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If you want to take issue with Doak not mentioning Bud on the cover of his DVD presentation (now that we have established he DID give credit to Larry) I would say that Bud not giving Larry "a dime" for use of Larry's material, while it was still under copyright protection, is a far worse example of unfairly appropriating someone else's work.
If Larry had issues with "cynical commercial exploitation", I would think that being taken advantage of, financially, as you describe above, would have been far more impactful than anything Doak has done with Larry's now public domain material.
And if Bud didn't pay Larry (or, I would surmise, any of the interviewed players) "a dime", then I'm not going to cry if Bud's name isn't in big bold letters on the DVD cover.
Both Bud and Larry are clearly credited on the actual film, so it's not like anyone is trying to hide their contributions.
I've become bored with your attack on Doak. If you want to complain to him, go ahead.