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He's been getting paid them for decades, so either Lucasfilm's lawyers are a bunch of dummies who know less about IP law than a random HN poster or his contract
by TheCoelacanth 6y ago
He's been getting paid them for decades, so either Lucasfilm's lawyers are a bunch of dummies who know less about IP law than a random HN poster or his contract is one of the rare exceptions.
- gamblor956 6y agoOr, third possibility: considering that he apparently still has a copy of that contract (per the SFWA president) but neither ADF nor the SFWA has shown that any part of the contract entitles him to royalties for a WFH work, he's misunderstanding what he was getting paid for. As ADF is claiming extremely special treatment, the obligation is on him to prove that he's owed special treatment. It's not our obligation to take him at his word.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoEven Disney does not seem to be disputing that he is owed money, simply that they are not the ones who owe him money.
- gamblor956 6y agoNo, Disney has not made a statement one way or the other about whether ADF is owed money for anything or by anyone. They haven't actually responded to anyone on this except ADF to ask him to privately discuss things with them. The statement about them not acquiring the liabilities of author contracts when they acquired the contractual rights was made by the SFWA in describing what they thought Disney was doing.