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[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 47 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be confirmed, but this sounds a bit like how Disney decided they didn't need to pay any more royalties to people who wrote Star Wars novelizations and original novels.

Like, "you don't have a contract with us, you had one with George Lucas before we bought Star Wars, it didn't transfer." Very shady, and probably a lot easier to pull when you're a huge corporation against a small creator.

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

By that logic, "You don't have a contract with me, therefore you can't own my intellectual property," should also apply, no?

Like, if your intellectual property was given away on the basis of an ongoing royalty payment, and Disney decides not to honour that contract, then they can't keep the IP.

[–] Davel23@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Probably true, but who's going to tell Disney's legal department?

[–] SwiggitySwole@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Davel23@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

Best of luck to you.

[–] Treczoks@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

OK, we'll hold a collection for your funeral.

[–] 00@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

🏴‍☠️🫡🏴‍☠️

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's how I feel about that too, of course. But somehow, looks like Disney got to have the cake and eat it too.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I've been lead to believe that Disneys legal department is feared even among other giant corporations.

They've been doing shady business for a long time and don't fuck around, I guess.