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"In November 2020, SFWA came forward with a stunning accusation: Disney had
told the beloved writer Alan Dean Foster (author of the original, bestselling
Star Wars novelization) that they would not ever pay him the royalties he was
owed.
https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/19/disneymustpay/#disneymustpay
Disney argued that Foster’s contract — where he was guaranteed wages for his
creative labor on the Star Wars book, which was written before the film was
complete and formed the basis for many elements of the final movie — was with
Lucasfilm, not Disney. Disney said that when it acquired Lucasfilm, it only
acquired its assets (including the right to continue publishing Foster’s book),
but not its liabilities (including the obligation to pay royalties to Foster).
The contract lawyer’s technical term for this is
tu stupri cognati mihi (“are
you fucking kidding me”) (I made that up, but it really
should be true). In
truth, this “we only acquire assets, not liabilities” argument is grounded in
the idea that the workers Disney stole from couldn’t afford to fight them."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
