Harry Potter old games

[Anthony4799]

Hi, I would like to know if EA will ever add the old Harry Potter games on Steam, I'd really like to play them again.

[ivrognard]

@Anthony4799 EA can't use the Harry Potter license anymore. They can't sell, remake, remaster them or make compatibility patches for those games. EA lost the license many years ago and Warner is the current owner of the license. And Warner displayed no interest into the games developed by EA. No one knows if the Warner's license is permanent or given for a set time. But seeing how many years passed since they've aquired it, it certainly looks like Warner got a permanent license. 

[Anthony4799]

@ivrognard So these games are never going to be available on Steam, are they?

[ivrognard]

@Anthony4799 i don't think so. If Warner wanted to reach an agreement with EA, so the games would be re-released, they would have done so. But Warner never manifested any interest in the games made by EA. They prefer to do their Lego series and some poor mobile games based on IP.

Copyright laws are in a dire need of modernization. In my opinion, the games developed based on an external license should continue to stay in stores, get remasters/remakes/compatibility patches, while the devs/publishers would pay a percentage to the IP owner. Sure, the devs would not be allowed to create new games, if they lose the license, but at least they should be allowed to sell the game they've developed.

[fridayfredrick]

i contacted WB about the IP lisence,and they told me that my feedback has been submitted for consideration.