Well Darren, my sister said she knew of several times that film rights had been licensed out by Warner for projects. However, she also said that she had heard the same policy that you mentioned repeated, but it always seems to come from the Home Video Division. It apparently is their standard answer when approached on the issue, but she said there is apparently no such policy and that she knew, first hand, of people getting licensing agreement made with Warner on material they owned. She said they want all the money they can get, but apparently certain people in the Home Video Division didn't get that memo. Since it can be done, despite what some people say in Home Video, there is obviously a channel that has to be used to get such a thing done, but it is not one widely known, or is one that for reason's known only to the Home Video Division, they try to keep people from. To me, it sounds like your original stradegy of trying different avenues through Warner is the way to go and eventually it might lead to getting the okay.
Richard Holt