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Originally Posted by leebase
None of us are lawyers...and even if we were, we don't have access to the contracts.
However, it APPEARS that he was receiving ongoing payments from Lucas for the books he wrote. Work product or not, the agreement must not have been "here's x dollars, write a book and go away".
Disney bought Lucas...and stopped paying the author....but still sell the books he wrote.
Something smells.
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Exactly.
He's not complaining about the terms of the contract he signed (like, say Lois Smith re: Vampire Diaries) but about Disney not living up to the contract they bought and refusing to privately address their obligations.
Hence he goes public and SFWA joins in to applify his "megaphone".
A single writer might be confused and easily dismissed, but a professional association vetting and supporting his claims isn't.
Something definitely stinks.
Contracts do not typically expire if sold to a third party; Disney bought the IP, they bought the obligations.