#535214
https://io9.gizmodo.com/star-wars-legen ... 1845713991
Trekkies will primarily remember Alan Dean Foster as the writer of the Star Trek Log series, which novelized Star Trek TAS. He also has the story credit on Star Trek: The Motion Picture and wrote the novelizations of Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness.
He's also written quite a few novels for Star Wars and the Aliens series. Apparently, after Disney purchased these IPs through their acquisition of Lucasfilm and Fox, they also purchased the rights to Foster's novels. However, they have never paid him royalties on the books despite them being in print.
Apparently, their argument is that they acquired the rights to the novels, but not the obligations that come with those rights, such as royalties.
Which, if that is their argument, is pretty dumb. A publisher could promise a writer anything, then completely renege on their agreement by selling the rights to another company.
Trekkies will primarily remember Alan Dean Foster as the writer of the Star Trek Log series, which novelized Star Trek TAS. He also has the story credit on Star Trek: The Motion Picture and wrote the novelizations of Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek Into Darkness.
He's also written quite a few novels for Star Wars and the Aliens series. Apparently, after Disney purchased these IPs through their acquisition of Lucasfilm and Fox, they also purchased the rights to Foster's novels. However, they have never paid him royalties on the books despite them being in print.
Apparently, their argument is that they acquired the rights to the novels, but not the obligations that come with those rights, such as royalties.
Which, if that is their argument, is pretty dumb. A publisher could promise a writer anything, then completely renege on their agreement by selling the rights to another company.
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