Posted by No Moos is good Moos on February 18, 2003 at 18:22:04:
In Reply to: Re: ATTN: Chris Dining posted by KC Elbows on February 18, 2003 at 10:53:48:
'When John Kim is dead, do you think there will be a single instructor willing to give all profits to Kim's non-martial artist family?'
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This depends on who owns the trademarks. If the 'kim family trust' (or whatever the current legal title is) owns the trademarks, or owns, or has an interest in, a master license, or has some kind of contractual rights, there may be no choice but to pay the non-martial arts family. Of course, the head nationals could, upon Kim's death, have a miraculous awakening that they really don't need his name or images on the schools.
'Once Kim is dead, no one will have a source to claim except for those who have educated themselves.'
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A cult certainly can worship a dead leader, like the scientologists and L. Ron Hubbard. A dead Kim could mean freedom to assert all sorts of things to him. He won't be around to dispute it!