Saturday, April 10, 2010

Death of C.O.R.E. Still a Mystery...

...according to this article in The Globe and Mail.

UPDATE: This comment at Canadian Animation Resources lists dollar figures from the Ontario Superior Court as to C.O.R.E.'s assets and debts.

4 comments:

Steve Schnier said...

Interesting article, Mark. I think that your assessment of the Ubisoft VS C.O.R.E. situation is entirely accurate.

Anonymous said...

Hi Mark,

signing under anonymous here. I heard recently that this happened because a tax credit form was not properly filled out and that a simple bureaucratic formality about a requirement, the equivalent of ticking the wrong box on the form, was the pin that popped the balloon and done them in.

Mark Mayerson said...

If that's true, it's very unfortunate. However, if it is true, I would think that the C.O.R.E. partners would be screaming to the media about 120 lost jobs due to a bureaucratic snafu.

Steve Schnier said...

I agree with Mark. If it was a bureaucratic blunder, there would be yelling and screaming. Lots of it.
Ubisoft maintains a proprietary interest in their properties - CORE did not (work for hire) = BIG DIFFERENCE.