Frankly, the whole copyright situation is so complex, that it is possible that Hines really doesn't have any legal rights to distribute his film. In which case he should have done the research in the first place. But we only have Hines's word that Paramount are leaning on him, and so far his word is worth sod-all as far as I can see. Hines, self-delusional as he is, probably knows by now that he's producing a ninth-rate piece of amateurish hackwork that no distributor would touch with a grubby stick, and it even looks like his DVD deal may be bollocks too, so he's now trying to save face by saying that his film is being 'sabotaged' by the evil corporate hordes of Paramount. For all we know, he's never intended to make WotW in its entirety, but has only made what we've seen on his laughable website, and is now pulling a pseudo-Producers by deliberately implicating Paramount in an attempt to stifle his work; then he can paint himself as the great independent martyred by The Corporations, and on the back of that generate money with his books abbout the behind-the-scenes-manoeuvring and get backing to complete Chrome.Actually, I don't believe that last paragraph, but it makes you think, eh? I, for one, shed no tears at the prospective demise of this manipulative conman. Only if he'd shown promise would I.

I love WotW. But I have no respect for hucksters who manipulate people's sincere love of a subject. Hines has left a trail of lies and deceptions, demonstrated his ineptitude at every turn, and he's blatantly exploited the goodwill of WotW fans in some desparate attempt to bolster his own reputation. He is nothing but a snake oil salesman, a conman. Frankly, I find his behaviour sickening. Support him if you like, but you're wasting your energy. I shall not post further on this subject because I've said all that I have to say on the matter, and further debate will only descend into ill-tempered flaming. But NEVER accuse me of not being a WotW fan, that I regard as a personal INSULT, and I think it ill-behoves you, or anyone, to say that.