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Post by Dandelion on Nov 19, 2020 17:19:54 GMT
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Post by Lord Newport on Nov 19, 2020 18:09:14 GMT
Very typical of the cut throat mercenary business practices of the film industry. I have dealt with the industry only peripherally when they have rented my and my friends armored vehicle's for use in films and found them to be brutal to negotiate with and will only do/pay what they have in writing. I know of far too many people who failed to get written contracts and payment up front having problems collecting from them. I have always required full payment for the rental in advance buy the film industry. The gaming industry and special event industry have been far easier to deal with and I have found can be trusted to keep their agreements and accept payment after the event.
The Disney Corporation stopped being the "Wonderful World of Disney", a good company to deal with, when the last Disney left the board and Michael Eisner took over some years ago and turned it into just another "studio".
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Post by RufusScorpius on Nov 19, 2020 19:07:01 GMT
I agree with Lord Newport: if it ain't in writing, it don't exist. When Lucas sold the rights, the fine details of the deal may have left out the language that requires Disney to pay royalties to the writers of their new intellectual properties.
The devil is in the details. It would be a shame if the writers weren't in fact legally required to be paid royalties. But that's Disney for you. They make semprini movies and serve them on a warm plate of elephant piz with the full knowledge that the fans will lap it up to the last drop without question.
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Post by treeslicer on Nov 19, 2020 20:15:33 GMT
I agree with Lord Newport: if it ain't in writing, it don't exist........................ Having it in writing doesn't always help. Businesses nowadays have a disgusting tendency to have to be litigated into performance, and big corporations in particular (of which Disney is a "poster-child") often view being sued as a cost of doing business. IMHO, if things run true to form, they'll settle with Alan out of court (if his SFWA lawyers allow it), so they're not required to pay any other authors they might be stiffing, on the basis of one decision.
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Post by Lord Newport on Nov 19, 2020 20:23:15 GMT
I agree with Lord Newport: if it ain't in writing, it don't exist........................ Having it in writing doesn't always help. Businesses nowadays have a disgusting tendency to have to be litigated into performance, and big corporations in particular (of which Disney is a "poster-child") often view being sued as a cost of doing business. IMHO, if things run true to form, they'll settle with Alan out of court (if his SFWA lawyers allow it), so they're not required to pay any other authors they might be stiffing, on the basis of one decision. This is almost an industry standard in both film and TV production...if nothing else, delay, delay, delay...
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Post by Sir Thorfinn on Nov 19, 2020 20:40:40 GMT
This is a great example of 'what's right vs. what's legal' Ugh
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