This story will be FAST developing. I will try and keep everyone poster but PLEASE do your best to stay informed. If you want to hear what it is like to be given a run around from a company that is trying desperately to just avoid you, pay close attention to what MRK talks about. It is SO MUCH TIME taken up by dodging.
@DanielGreene As you have a line of communication with them can you clear up why they are going after Disney? His Star Wars novelization was originally publidhed by Ballatine Books, and 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' by Del Rey, now both under the Penguin Random House umbrella. And he said his contract was with Warner Books, now Grand Central Publishing under the Hachette Livre umbrella (who actually back in 2013 bought Disney completely out of their publishing efforts). Neither of these two companies are owned by Disney in any way whatsoever, why are they not also bringing it to PRH or Hachette the two biggest publishers in the entire industry, and they two companies actually associated with his books according to this very interview (Warner Books) and his books current publisher (Del Rey/PRH)? I am not trying to be accusatory, just very curious after doing my own research.
This is also about the rights of the elderly. These royalties are the author's retirement money. Most writers don't have the luxury of employer-funded retirement plans. Royalties puts the food on the table. And now when he's getting older, Disney is making a move, like a gangster. This is like watching Rick Moranis getting punched out . I'm just about through with Disney. And can we all agree that royalties are not a hand out, not a freebie. You get royalties when you sell a book. In other words, Disney is STEALING money from an old man. So sickening.
"We can publish author's books without paying them royalties". Oh really Disney? So that means I can download and distribute the original six SW movies without paying you? Because according to you, that's how this works.
The fact that most contracts don't have clauses guaranteeing payment by successors, but Alan Dean Foster's contract DOES, and Disney still pulling this shit with him, is absolutely ridiculous.
Mary Robinette Kowal is the perfect fighter to send into the ring! Her presentation on mental health in science fiction is still the best panel I’ve EVER attended! What a stand up lady!
My family was planning on switching from Netflix to Disney Plus in December, we won't be doing this until Disney pays. Will be following this story, thank you for helping all writers by making this public.
The fact that someone on Disney’s legal team said “hey this is okay to do” is appalling. This isn’t something you just forget about and it certainly isn’t something they just decided to do. What MRK said about the lawyers being the only one that benefit is true. Because these are such small amounts, it would’ve been highly unlikely the authors would push the lawsuit. So some sleazy lawyer said “hey we can screw these people over and they’re never going to ACTUALLY sue us because of the cost.” Its mind-boggling
It's so ironic that so called "lawyers" are so often in cahoots with scumbags and villains... The more expensive ones at least. I have so much respect for the others that offer pro Bono assistance, like the ones mentioned here in the video
Mary hit the nail on the head. Disney is counting on it being counter productive to these individuals to seek action (more for cost than compensation). It's a really scummy thing to do.
Disney being a scum company does not surprise me at all, I hope they get severly punished and sets a mark to other companies so that they do not abuse the creators.
Honestly it's kind of gutwrenching that this is happening at all. Creators shouldn't have to fight this hard just to get paid what they're owed. Thank you for doing this interview!
This makes me wonder what happened with Garth Nix and The Seventh Tower series. It was a LucasFilms book and he said he no longer has any rights to those books.
This just goes to show how important Daniel's platform is. He's able to give writers a place to share their side of the story. I'm so glad your channel exists Daniel. You're doing awesome work for the community. 👍
I know they're probably going to settle for just their correct royalties, but Disney needs to be hit with punitive damages for this. Punitive damages big enough to actually be meaningful to such a huge company, so future companies know they can't just blatantly break laws and then come out even if they're ever called to account.
Well, I am convinced that this is a wrong that needs to be corrected. As a holder of Disney stock, I will send a message to Disney about how I view this to be acting in bad faith, and urge them to honor the royalty agreements of the companies they purchase.
Thanks for the video Daniel. Much needed, Disney is getting too big for its suspenders. I wish we could successfully curb their corrupting influence but like you said, internet has a short attention span.
Damn Daniel, you're getting important in the book/fantasy world. So many awesome interviews with big names. Be careful you don't accidentally turn into the leading literary journalist XD
I'm really happy to see people standing up to big companies. As a society we need to acknowledge that its the big companies screwing over individual creators and that the best way to encourage creativity is to protect individual writers, artists, etc. and hold corporations accountable.
This whole story makes my skin crawl. Exploitation by corporations MUST stop on all levels. What a sad world we live in, where the only thing that seemingly matters is the bottom line.
Well, Disney just definitely lost me as a customer/consumer. I'll not watch any more of their movies, not buy any merchandise from them and most certainly not do anything to promote them. I must find out how to identify any books they publish, so I don't buy those by mistake either. Since the authors do not get royalties right now, I can do that wthout feeling bad. If enough people would do this, clearly stating that it is due to this attitude of the company, I'm sure the pressure would be enough to get the company moving faster towards resolving the issue.
I actually bought a new copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye a few months back, and, especially as an author myself, knowing that Foster didn't see a cent from that is deeply upsetting, as is knowing that other Expanded Universe authors have also likely been shortchanged in the buyout (Stackpole and Denning say they've been getting royalties via Del Rey, so maybe it's specifically from authors who wrote only for the Bantam or pre-Bantam era?). The pessimist in me kind of sees this as a potential lose-lose, too, as, if Disney ends up being forced to cut the backlog of checks, maybe they'll decide that it's not worth keeping pre-buyout stories (Legends) in print at all. Which would suck. That's still my Star Wars, as, despite trying desperately to love the Disney era (I know some people like Mando, Fallen Order, etc., but my excitement for anything from Disney Star Wars was killed after TLJ), Disney's handling of the Skywalker saga left me baffled and depressed. Obviously the best outcome from this is seeing people paid for their work, and that's what I hope for. I can still be jaded, though. Anyway, thanks for doing your part to make sure this story is heard and given its proper due, Mr. Greene.
@@dirankomorov I'd still love it in animated form, and there's a fan right here on TH-cam attempting just that. I'd personally have preferred animation of everything post-Endor up to Crucible, with the new trilogy picking up as adaptations of the Sword of the Jedi books we were promised. Then the stories could have built into the Legacy comics. A fan can dream...
This is great Daniel! I love that you are in a place where you can use your platform to help authors get their message out there especially in cases like this. Hopefully that meeting today went well for all involved. It’s sad to see companies attempting to take advantage of writers in such a predatory manner 😢
I agree, and I have been a "Disnerd" since I was a toddler. It's hard to say goodbye to a company that had such a huge impact on my life, but sadly that's what I have to do.
What what!!! You snagged an ADF interview!?! He's legend! I'm swooning. Okay, now, more seriously: Suck it, Disney. Or do the right thing. For all of your IP.
What I don't quite understand is how Disney expects to get new contracts with authors if this is how Disney treats them. Do they just plan on only making money from already-published books until the end of time? Anyone who wants to make money off their own work (i.e. every freelance writer in America) isn't going to go to work for a company who won't pay them for their work. This temporary boost to their profit, which was established in the video to not be all that big compared to Disney's massive amounts of cash flow, isn't going to matter much in the long run if authors don't want to deal with the Mouse House.
Writing Star Wars (or other big Disney-owned properties) is sort of the culmination of the nerd dream for many aspiring sci-fi authors. If Disney chases off all the established crowd, there will doubtless be smaller authors who'd love the opportunity to play in that sandbox, even if the terms of the contract are less than ideal.
Anyone hired to write a novel tie-in for Disney doesn't actually get royalty-based contracts any more. It's a flat rate up front fee, thanks and goodnight. No back-end percentages. Alan Dean Foster's works ARE, however, royalty-based because they are older contracts (originally with different companies, too). So honestly, it makes no difference to future authors going forward because they get their flat fee up front. Or rather, usually more like 30% on contract, 70% on satisfactory delivery.
Would anyone be interested in helping me put together a google doc/ list of publishers that are considered ethical in terms of how they treat their authors, illustrators, editors etc...? I think it would be cool to have a reference list that can be passed around for this purpose- so people don't unknowingly buy from unethical publishers/corporations? Most importantly so people can stay better informed. It's just an idea, let me know what you think please :) EDIT: To add, we could break the list down by countries and then have a list for international publishers!
Glad you decided to do these interviews. I’m not social media, so news like this gets to me slowly, and often the game of telephone distorts the ideas and narrative. Hearing things from the horses mouth allowed me to understand the issue.
Im just going to use the fact that Im relatively early to tell Daniel (and anyone else reading this) that he needs to read "House of Leaves" by Mark Z Danielewski. I know Daniel likes horror and well no story has managed to unsettle me quite like this one. Id say more but its the kind of story best experienced blind, but whether you love it or hate it I doubt anybody will deny that theres really no other book out there like this one.
I read so many novelisations in school, and the Alien ones are the only ones that I remember. So vividly they have stuck in my mind, that I can hardly see the movies as anything other than very good adaptations of the books. I will see if I can donate to this cause.
You should do an updated video on this. Many authors, such as those who formerly wrote for the Star Wars EU, still haven't been seeing royalties for their works. AC Crispin's (who wrote the Han Solo Trilogy) family has been especially vocal about this. The Alan Dean Foster case received publicity, but there's far far more that's been swept under the rug. A popular booktuber like you could bring attention back to this.
Not long into Mary's description of the interaction with Disney I started getting really angry. I recognized the behavior that the Disney contacts were using. Hello, past experience with crappy companies/people! Disney is hoping to give Alan, and all trying to help him, the runaround until it became too frustrating or expensive to continue trying to get the money. It's disgusting, and I now want to burn Disney to the ground. Good on you, Daniel, for putting a spotlight on this.
Most people think that the Star Wars Expanded Universe began with Timothy Zahn, but it was Alan Dean Foster when he ghost wrote the original Star Wars novelization (released before the movie) and followed up with Splinter of the Mind's Eye. He's a bit unknown by many fans but his impact on numerous fandoms is huge. He should be shown a little gratitude. Still, Disney being scum; why am I not surprised.
What if, as a form of protest/protection, writers start insisting on cancellation clauses in contracts that would only go into effect if the rights are acquired by disney? Something that would disallow the acquisition of the author's work and its continued publishing? Anyone think that could work?
The moment this ridiculousness came to my attention, I immediately cancelled my Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu-no-ads subscriptions, let Disney know why, and that I wouldn't spend another dime on any Disney property (and I actually buy 4K Blu-ray Discs of movies I like, including basically every Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars, buy many Marvel comic books, among others,) until this is corrected. And while I do absolutely *LOVE* The Mandalorian, I will just have to go without until they resolve this. Because this is unconscionable. Also, I see people crying "Walt wouldn't want this!" - sadly, that's not true. Walt was *FAMOUS* for getting around copyright. When he couldn't secure the film rights to "A Jungle Book", he just waited for the copyright to expire to release the _already made film_ so he didn't have to pay for it. Then, of course, he (and the Disney company after his death) pushed for copyrights to be extended ad infinitum to protect their OWN properties. No, this is not new behavior for Disney. But it is appallingly egregious.
I also put this as a reply to the pinned comment but for more visibility I will also put it here if anyone more educated about this than I has answers about my research into this topic @DanielGreene As you have a line of communication with them can you clear up why they are only going after Disney? His Star Wars novelization was originally published by Ballatine Books, and 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' by Del Rey, now both under the Penguin Random House umbrella. And he said his contract was with Warner Books, now Grand Central Publishing under the Hachette Livre umbrella (who actually back in 2013 bought Disney completely out of their publishing efforts). Neither of these two companies are owned by Disney in any way whatsoever, why are they not also bringing it to PRH or Hachette the two biggest publishers in the entire industry, and they two companies actually associated with his books according to this very interview (Warner Books) and his books current publisher (Del Rey/PRH)? I am not trying to be accusatory, just very curious after doing my own research.
Love what u do Daniel! My go to bookish channel 💙 aaaaaand may Disney pay! Cuz god knows they have the money to do so, sheesh. The greed is strong with this one 😓
I heard somewhere In Ted lecture that if you don't have the competition,everything start going wrong(not actual words)but you get the meaning,this is example of that And hopefully author gets compensated for all this👍 And thnx Daniel,this is quite unorthodox for booktuber,keep up 👍
@@stuffbenlikes I don’t agree. Sometimes it takes such an action for thick headed people to do the RIGHT THING. While, it CAN get toxic at times, one way or the other, Disney’s monopolization of various industries has to STOP.
@@henrywayne5724 I agree. I'm just saying that a bunch of people bashing a company for doing bad things isn't cancel culture. Cancel culture is toxic and goes after specific people, usually because those people expressed an opinion cancel culture folks dislike.
@@henrywayne5724 the thing is, they don't have a monopoly. There's other movie studios not owned by disney. There's other amusement parks not owned by disney. There's other lawyers not owned by disney.
This story will be FAST developing. I will try and keep everyone poster but PLEASE do your best to stay informed. If you want to hear what it is like to be given a run around from a company that is trying desperately to just avoid you, pay close attention to what MRK talks about. It is SO MUCH TIME taken up by dodging.
*Droid voice* Roger! Roger!
This was a good video not just well made but good intentions; it is a outrage that theses artists aren’t being compensated for there work!
@DanielGreene
As you have a line of communication with them can you clear up why they are going after Disney?
His Star Wars novelization was originally publidhed by Ballatine Books, and 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' by Del Rey, now both under the Penguin Random House umbrella. And he said his contract was with Warner Books, now Grand Central Publishing under the Hachette Livre umbrella (who actually back in 2013 bought Disney completely out of their publishing efforts). Neither of these two companies are owned by Disney in any way whatsoever, why are they not also bringing it to PRH or Hachette the two biggest publishers in the entire industry, and they two companies actually associated with his books according to this very interview (Warner Books) and his books current publisher (Del Rey/PRH)?
I am not trying to be accusatory, just very curious after doing my own research.
This is also about the rights of the elderly. These royalties are the author's retirement money. Most writers don't have the luxury of employer-funded retirement plans. Royalties puts the food on the table. And now when he's getting older, Disney is making a move, like a gangster. This is like watching Rick Moranis getting punched out . I'm just about through with Disney.
And can we all agree that royalties are not a hand out, not a freebie. You get royalties when you sell a book. In other words, Disney is STEALING money from an old man.
So sickening.
@@douglascarriere6451 Maybe actually watch the video and you'll find that they explain everything.
Mary is so impressive: firm and precise. She seems like just the right person to lead SFWA. Kudos to Alan and Daniel also.
"We can publish author's books without paying them royalties". Oh really Disney? So that means I can download and distribute the original six SW movies without paying you? Because according to you, that's how this works.
The fact that most contracts don't have clauses guaranteeing payment by successors, but Alan Dean Foster's contract DOES, and Disney still pulling this shit with him, is absolutely ridiculous.
And the fact that his contract doesn’t even need to have it too. Disney needs a swift kick in the rear and they need better people as their lawyers
Mary Robinette Kowal is the perfect fighter to send into the ring! Her presentation on mental health in science fiction is still the best panel I’ve EVER attended! What a stand up lady!
Do you by any chance know of a video recording of that presentation and could share a link?
@@learnfromany4064 I don’t have a video, but I’ll search for my audio recording and see if I can post it. She was part of several panels for LTUE!
Learn From Any, asked the question I was going to ask! Where can I find the audio you offered to post? sounds really interesting!
@@Firefly-mb6pl I’ll see if I can find it and I’ll let you know! :-)
@@learnfromany4064 Hiya! I’ve been through all my audio recordings but was unable to find this specific workshop. I am so sorry!
My family was planning on switching from Netflix to Disney Plus in December, we won't be doing this until Disney pays. Will be following this story, thank you for helping all writers by making this public.
The fact that someone on Disney’s legal team said “hey this is okay to do” is appalling. This isn’t something you just forget about and it certainly isn’t something they just decided to do. What MRK said about the lawyers being the only one that benefit is true. Because these are such small amounts, it would’ve been highly unlikely the authors would push the lawsuit. So some sleazy lawyer said “hey we can screw these people over and they’re never going to ACTUALLY sue us because of the cost.” Its mind-boggling
It's so ironic that so called "lawyers" are so often in cahoots with scumbags and villains...
The more expensive ones at least. I have so much respect for the others that offer pro Bono assistance, like the ones mentioned here in the video
@@aniruddhbhatkal1834 some expensive ones are good too. Money doesn’t always correlate, but it tends to
I love this interview just a *little* bit more knowing Disney wanted him to sign an NDA before they’d even talk to him
Made it just in time to wish everyone a happy Christmas and tell Disney off for being such a greedy corporation XD
Corporations are the worst
Mary hit the nail on the head. Disney is counting on it being counter productive to these individuals to seek action (more for cost than compensation). It's a really scummy thing to do.
I applaud you for following and giving visibility to these stories!
Disney being a scum company does not surprise me at all, I hope they get severly punished and sets a mark to other companies so that they do not abuse the creators.
Thank you for covering this. Creativity needs to be valued, not just as a concept, but in dollars and cents so that more art can be produced.
Honestly it's kind of gutwrenching that this is happening at all. Creators shouldn't have to fight this hard just to get paid what they're owed. Thank you for doing this interview!
This makes me wonder what happened with Garth Nix and The Seventh Tower series. It was a LucasFilms book and he said he no longer has any rights to those books.
This just goes to show how important Daniel's platform is. He's able to give writers a place to share their side of the story.
I'm so glad your channel exists Daniel. You're doing awesome work for the community. 👍
Mr.Foster has been cranking out books for 40+ years. I read "Into the Out of" back in Sept. Much Respect and I hope you get every penny.
I know they're probably going to settle for just their correct royalties, but Disney needs to be hit with punitive damages for this. Punitive damages big enough to actually be meaningful to such a huge company, so future companies know they can't just blatantly break laws and then come out even if they're ever called to account.
Well, I am convinced that this is a wrong that needs to be corrected. As a holder of Disney stock, I will send a message to Disney about how I view this to be acting in bad faith, and urge them to honor the royalty agreements of the companies they purchase.
It's good to hear that at least some people are starting to get paid what they're owed because of all this.
Daniel VS Disney! The biggest fight of 2020.
I'm reading Alen's Star Wars novel now and it's trippy seeing the seeds of what would eventually become the massive cultural phenomenon it is now.
Thanks for the video Daniel. Much needed, Disney is getting too big for its suspenders. I wish we could successfully curb their corrupting influence but like you said, internet has a short attention span.
Daniel dunking on massive corporations!
Damn Daniel, you're getting important in the book/fantasy world. So many awesome interviews with big names. Be careful you don't accidentally turn into the leading literary journalist XD
Daniel's videos are the only news I watch
same 😁
General kenobi🙌
I'm really happy to see people standing up to big companies. As a society we need to acknowledge that its the big companies screwing over individual creators and that the best way to encourage creativity is to protect individual writers, artists, etc. and hold corporations accountable.
Wow I didn't realize it's been going on since 2019 Disney really needs to pay the people
Foster needs to call Saul Goodman.
Better call saul
Saul would destroy Disney
This whole story makes my skin crawl. Exploitation by corporations MUST stop on all levels. What a sad world we live in, where the only thing that seemingly matters is the bottom line.
If Disney just stops making flop movies.. they dont need to steal from the little man
So basically its Disney being Disney, quality !!!
I loved Alan Dean Foster's Spellsinger books when I was a kid. I read the series many times.
If you like, you can listen to Spellsinger on:
graphicaudio.net
They do it unabridged with full music, sound, and cast.
@@darthbane3937 Cool
Well, Disney just definitely lost me as a customer/consumer. I'll not watch any more of their movies, not buy any merchandise from them and most certainly not do anything to promote them. I must find out how to identify any books they publish, so I don't buy those by mistake either. Since the authors do not get royalties right now, I can do that wthout feeling bad.
If enough people would do this, clearly stating that it is due to this attitude of the company, I'm sure the pressure would be enough to get the company moving faster towards resolving the issue.
they lost me long ago, it´s not the first shitty move on their part. and honestly, i dont care
I actually bought a new copy of Splinter of the Mind's Eye a few months back, and, especially as an author myself, knowing that Foster didn't see a cent from that is deeply upsetting, as is knowing that other Expanded Universe authors have also likely been shortchanged in the buyout (Stackpole and Denning say they've been getting royalties via Del Rey, so maybe it's specifically from authors who wrote only for the Bantam or pre-Bantam era?). The pessimist in me kind of sees this as a potential lose-lose, too, as, if Disney ends up being forced to cut the backlog of checks, maybe they'll decide that it's not worth keeping pre-buyout stories (Legends) in print at all. Which would suck. That's still my Star Wars, as, despite trying desperately to love the Disney era (I know some people like Mando, Fallen Order, etc., but my excitement for anything from Disney Star Wars was killed after TLJ), Disney's handling of the Skywalker saga left me baffled and depressed.
Obviously the best outcome from this is seeing people paid for their work, and that's what I hope for. I can still be jaded, though.
Anyway, thanks for doing your part to make sure this story is heard and given its proper due, Mr. Greene.
If they had made the Thrawn trilogy with Mara Jade as the last 3 movies it would have been much better.
@@dirankomorov I'd still love it in animated form, and there's a fan right here on TH-cam attempting just that. I'd personally have preferred animation of everything post-Endor up to Crucible, with the new trilogy picking up as adaptations of the Sword of the Jedi books we were promised. Then the stories could have built into the Legacy comics. A fan can dream...
This is great Daniel! I love that you are in a place where you can use your platform to help authors get their message out there especially in cases like this. Hopefully that meeting today went well for all involved. It’s sad to see companies attempting to take advantage of writers in such a predatory manner 😢
At this point I despise Disney with a passion.
They've ruined Star Wars, probably countless other things
I agree, and I have been a "Disnerd" since I was a toddler. It's hard to say goodbye to a company that had such a huge impact on my life, but sadly that's what I have to do.
And they've been ripping off people since The Sound of Music. The blatant nature of their illegal dealings is what astounds me.
What what!!! You snagged an ADF interview!?! He's legend! I'm swooning.
Okay, now, more seriously: Suck it, Disney. Or do the right thing. For all of your IP.
I hope this has a happy ending. This just makes Disney look like miserly Scrooge’s
What I don't quite understand is how Disney expects to get new contracts with authors if this is how Disney treats them. Do they just plan on only making money from already-published books until the end of time? Anyone who wants to make money off their own work (i.e. every freelance writer in America) isn't going to go to work for a company who won't pay them for their work. This temporary boost to their profit, which was established in the video to not be all that big compared to Disney's massive amounts of cash flow, isn't going to matter much in the long run if authors don't want to deal with the Mouse House.
Except that there will always be writers who want a chance to write a Star Wars novel and have it published.
Writing Star Wars (or other big Disney-owned properties) is sort of the culmination of the nerd dream for many aspiring sci-fi authors. If Disney chases off all the established crowd, there will doubtless be smaller authors who'd love the opportunity to play in that sandbox, even if the terms of the contract are less than ideal.
Anyone hired to write a novel tie-in for Disney doesn't actually get royalty-based contracts any more. It's a flat rate up front fee, thanks and goodnight. No back-end percentages. Alan Dean Foster's works ARE, however, royalty-based because they are older contracts (originally with different companies, too). So honestly, it makes no difference to future authors going forward because they get their flat fee up front. Or rather, usually more like 30% on contract, 70% on satisfactory delivery.
Would anyone be interested in helping me put together a google doc/ list of publishers that are considered ethical in terms of how they treat their authors, illustrators, editors etc...? I think it would be cool to have a reference list that can be passed around for this purpose- so people don't unknowingly buy from unethical publishers/corporations? Most importantly so people can stay better informed. It's just an idea, let me know what you think please :)
EDIT: To add, we could break the list down by countries and then have a list for international publishers!
I hope you all make progress during the meeting. May the Force be with you guys!
I’m just so happy this is getting attention and I applaud you for covering it so extensively.
Does it make me petty to just revel in Disney having to bite it?
Well yes but actually no.
Who says that's a bad think in this case anyway?😅
Daniel taking a shot at the Mouse. Absolute legend
Glad you decided to do these interviews. I’m not social media, so news like this gets to me slowly, and often the game of telephone distorts the ideas and narrative. Hearing things from the horses mouth allowed me to understand the issue.
I wouldn't want Disney to make an adaptation of the Chronicles of Amber.
I don't want Disney to survive at all.
I wonder what Walt would say if he were alive to see this!
Come on Disney. Do the right thing!
I feel so disappointed in Disney
.... Its a corporation what do you except it cares about money and influence
@@univeriseman8008 but it can do it better
Great story Daniel, Please keep on following this up.
Thank you for covering this and diving into it to this degree
Great job with the interview
Dan the man at it again!! two videos a day!!? We are blessed!!!!
Im just going to use the fact that Im relatively early to tell Daniel (and anyone else reading this) that he needs to read "House of Leaves" by Mark Z Danielewski. I know Daniel likes horror and well no story has managed to unsettle me quite like this one. Id say more but its the kind of story best experienced blind, but whether you love it or hate it I doubt anybody will deny that theres really no other book out there like this one.
Thanks for following up on this story!
Wow, thanks for sharing and supporting this cause.
I read so many novelisations in school, and the Alien ones are the only ones that I remember. So vividly they have stuck in my mind, that I can hardly see the movies as anything other than very good adaptations of the books.
I will see if I can donate to this cause.
You should do an updated video on this. Many authors, such as those who formerly wrote for the Star Wars EU, still haven't been seeing royalties for their works. AC Crispin's (who wrote the Han Solo Trilogy) family has been especially vocal about this. The Alan Dean Foster case received publicity, but there's far far more that's been swept under the rug. A popular booktuber like you could bring attention back to this.
Not long into Mary's description of the interaction with Disney I started getting really angry. I recognized the behavior that the Disney contacts were using. Hello, past experience with crappy companies/people! Disney is hoping to give Alan, and all trying to help him, the runaround until it became too frustrating or expensive to continue trying to get the money. It's disgusting, and I now want to burn Disney to the ground. Good on you, Daniel, for putting a spotlight on this.
Hopefully Alan receives justice. Also need that shirt you have on Daniel. Journey before destination.
Well, this was important. There are so many people, who found a career, when they were trying to start another career.
Thanks for helping with this dude !
The quality of your videos and content just keep climbing. Also screw Disney! How tf is this even possible
two astronauts in space meme:
"Wait, Daniel Greene is actually a modern era reporter?"
"Always was."
This is like a courtroom.
Daniel Greene
Greene Daniel
Greene Goblin
Judge Greene
Greene Lantern
Most people think that the Star Wars Expanded Universe began with Timothy Zahn, but it was Alan Dean Foster when he ghost wrote the original Star Wars novelization (released before the movie) and followed up with Splinter of the Mind's Eye. He's a bit unknown by many fans but his impact on numerous fandoms is huge. He should be shown a little gratitude. Still, Disney being scum; why am I not surprised.
Humanx Commonwealth ONE OF THE BEST SCI-FI'S EVER!!!!
I just want you all to know, so we can get Alan what he deserves!!!
Alan Dean Foster makes great stuff, it sucks that this is happening to him
Good job, Daniel.
This was already maddening but listening to MRK recount just trying to have an appropriate conversation with the correct person is just 🤬🤬🤬
Disney ruined Marvel VS Capcom Infinite, Star Wars, and Kingdom Hearts III so screw em
First
to make DIsney pay hard
Wow. All that pushing and avoiding conflict from Disney... I would've gone kicking doors in Disney HQ after a couple months. With cops and lawyers.
What if, as a form of protest/protection, writers start insisting on cancellation clauses in contracts that would only go into effect if the rights are acquired by disney? Something that would disallow the acquisition of the author's work and its continued publishing? Anyone think that could work?
This was fascinating, but I also loved how the prequels dealt with the Senate and trade embargoes. #Disneymustpay
The moment this ridiculousness came to my attention, I immediately cancelled my Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu-no-ads subscriptions, let Disney know why, and that I wouldn't spend another dime on any Disney property (and I actually buy 4K Blu-ray Discs of movies I like, including basically every Pixar/Marvel/Star Wars, buy many Marvel comic books, among others,) until this is corrected.
And while I do absolutely *LOVE* The Mandalorian, I will just have to go without until they resolve this. Because this is unconscionable.
Also, I see people crying "Walt wouldn't want this!" - sadly, that's not true. Walt was *FAMOUS* for getting around copyright. When he couldn't secure the film rights to "A Jungle Book", he just waited for the copyright to expire to release the _already made film_ so he didn't have to pay for it. Then, of course, he (and the Disney company after his death) pushed for copyrights to be extended ad infinitum to protect their OWN properties.
No, this is not new behavior for Disney. But it is appallingly egregious.
If I ever become a published author, I will have it put in my will/other legal binding documents that my IP is NEVER to be sold to the Disney empire.
Well according to Kathleen Kennedy there are no Star Wars books and comics before Disney
MRK is seriously the best
Even if Disney doesn't owe this man royalty money, SOMEBODY does.
I also put this as a reply to the pinned comment but for more visibility I will also put it here if anyone more educated about this than I has answers about my research into this topic
@DanielGreene
As you have a line of communication with them can you clear up why they are only going after Disney?
His Star Wars novelization was originally published by Ballatine Books, and 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' by Del Rey, now both under the Penguin Random House umbrella. And he said his contract was with Warner Books, now Grand Central Publishing under the Hachette Livre umbrella (who actually back in 2013 bought Disney completely out of their publishing efforts). Neither of these two companies are owned by Disney in any way whatsoever, why are they not also bringing it to PRH or Hachette the two biggest publishers in the entire industry, and they two companies actually associated with his books according to this very interview (Warner Books) and his books current publisher (Del Rey/PRH)?
I am not trying to be accusatory, just very curious after doing my own research.
How has Daniel not done a Robert Jordan deep dive with him being his favorite author. Please do a Robert Jordan deep divr
Love what u do Daniel! My go to bookish channel 💙 aaaaaand may Disney pay! Cuz god knows they have the money to do so, sheesh. The greed is strong with this one 😓
TH-cam playing a Disney commercial before this video
Any video calling out disney im here for
Love your channel. ADF deserves his royalties. But that guys a POS.
Justice ✊
I heard somewhere In Ted lecture that if you don't have the competition,everything start going wrong(not actual words)but you get the meaning,this is example of that
And hopefully author gets compensated for all this👍
And thnx Daniel,this is quite unorthodox for booktuber,keep up 👍
Since it's been some time since the interview, and MRK said they were meeting with the Rodent's lawyers, any word since?
Daniel vs. Goliath. We know who will win.
Sir Disheveled Goblin, did you covered where us patrons can support Alan by buying some books where he actually gets a royalty cheque?
Alan's mic needs improvement, though I suppose it is unlikely to matter. I am thankful that Mary has a good microphone
Is it just me or does the windrunner sigil (especially on that shirt) look like a starfighter.
Speech=0 to Disney's response
I just really hope Disney can turn around their terrible business practices.
What exactly is Daniel's Wardrobe? He wears such weird clothes sometimes. I just want to know what this guy's closet looks like.
Same cause some of the things look pretty interesting
You know, I often disagree with cancel culture, but damn, is that the only way to get things done sometimes.
People banding together against a big corporation isn't cancel culture. Cancel culture is a pox on humanity, as is Disney.
@@stuffbenlikes I don’t agree. Sometimes it takes such an action for thick headed people to do the RIGHT THING. While, it CAN get toxic at times, one way or the other, Disney’s monopolization of various industries has to STOP.
@@henrywayne5724 I agree. I'm just saying that a bunch of people bashing a company for doing bad things isn't cancel culture. Cancel culture is toxic and goes after specific people, usually because those people expressed an opinion cancel culture folks dislike.
@@henrywayne5724 the thing is, they don't have a monopoly. There's other movie studios not owned by disney. There's other amusement parks not owned by disney. There's other lawyers not owned by disney.
Good people
Commenting just for the algorithm. Disney are acting scummy, and people should know.