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Originally Posted by fjtorres
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.
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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.