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by Joat42
» Thu Nov 19, 2020 12:20 pm
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Disney is screwing ADF by not paying him royalties for the books they are selling. The argument is that when Disney bought Lucas Arts + Fox, they got the rights but not the liabilities for the books.
Cory Doctorow has enumerated the whole story here: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1329240238816858120 I shouldn't be surprised, it's Disney's typical MO but so much more flagrant. --- Jack of all trades and destructive tinkerer. Anyone who have simple solutions for complex problems is a fool. |
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by Michael Everett
» Thu Nov 19, 2020 2:37 pm
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Given how the virus has combined with several bad decisions (the Star Wars Galaxy's Edge has massively failed to live up to the hype, for instance), Disney has massive cashflow issues.
Combined with their regular bare-knuckle legal stances, it's no wonder they're trying to squeeze every nickel that can. But, yeah. This ain't gonna end well for Disney. ~~~~~~
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by Annachie
» Fri Nov 20, 2020 10:50 pm
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I can see Disney trying the "delay the case until the plaintiff dies" tactic.
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by Senior Chief
» Mon Nov 23, 2020 9:10 pm
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Looked him up after reading the post.... NEVER heard of him and have not read any of his books... I guess he does not write anything that may interest me. Still not surprised about Disney. |
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by Joat42
» Tue Nov 24, 2020 3:41 am
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For someone who hasn't read or heard of him, dismissing him and his works out of hand as uninteresting is...an interesting way to reason. --- Jack of all trades and destructive tinkerer. Anyone who have simple solutions for complex problems is a fool. |
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by Fireflair
» Tue Nov 24, 2020 6:44 am
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He's novelized a bunch of movie scripts (primarily what the Disney problem is centered around), but he's also done a fair bit of other works as well. The Pip and Flinx adventures were a great comfort to me when I was younger, as I found them entertaining. And his Taken trilogy was quite good. He's writing more in the style of the older pulp sci-fi/fantasy. The Damned trilogy reminds me in many ways of a series I read later by John Ringo about aliens coming to earth to have us fight their wars for them. He's definitely worth a look at reading, especially as his backlist can be picked up for pretty cheap or even free at some times. |
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by busterlima
» Wed Dec 23, 2020 11:37 pm
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This is disgusting. Ive been a fan of fosters works since I stumbled across the damned trilogy. he doesnt deserve this injustice.
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