View Single Post
Old 12-02-2020, 04:02 PM   #50
pdurrant
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
pdurrant's Avatar
 
Posts: 74,172
Karma: 315558334
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Oasis
Quote:
Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
As I've said before, it's entirely possible to buy the IP without buying the contracts that created that IP. Happens all the time in Hollywood.
Only if the original contract assigned the IP in the first place. The whole point here is that these weren't works for hire where the copyright belongs to the commissioning company, but were licensed from the creator and copyright holder, Alan Dean Foster.

You can't buy a licence and then assert that the terms of the licence don't apply to you.

Last edited by pdurrant; 12-02-2020 at 04:08 PM.
pdurrant is online now   Reply With Quote