Hollywood backdown on star walk copyrightJay Boreham Gary Brown with the new design for the NZ Walk of Fame stars with Kyle Lockwood's silver fern. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who control the rights to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, wanted nearly $36,000 a year from Stage 51 director Gary Brown of Red Beach for his star walk tribute on the Orewa Boulevard, which the chamber claimed was unauthorised use of their brand. Hollywood has backed down from its attempt to cash in on a small town's tribute to Kiwi musicians and entertainers. Please know that pursuant to a request by the Chamber, we shall consider the matter closed provided that your redesigned tribute stars do not infringe upon the HCC's intellectual property. In an unofficial poll on neighbourly.co.nz, 88.2 per cent of Hibiscus Coast residents who voted agreed with Brown the copyright claim was "ridiculous".

Source: Stuff July 20, 2016 10:41 UTC