I don't think there's really anything wrong with selling rights or any of these things. When J. R. R. Tolkien sold the film rights in 1968 I think that was fair

I don't think there's really anything wrong with selling rights or any of these things. When J. R. R. Tolkien sold the film rights in 1968 I think that was fair. The Tolkien estate selling the rights for US$250 million with all sorts of caveats about what they can and can't write about a few years ago? A bit less so. In short, the root of the problem is really the duration; the rest are just things that flow from that.