So the stipulation should be, you can't sell rights to a movie that
will use the same characters as our movie, not, you can't write a book
with the same characters again.
Karin
On 02/09/2010 12:30 PM, Allan Guthrie wrote:
> It's screen character rights. If you write a book, nobody else can use your
> characters. If a studio makes a film, they don't want another studio to use
> their characters. If you write a series, you can see where there might be
> issues in giving different books to different studios.
>
> Al
>
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>
>> Does anybody know then this exploitative notion of "right to characters"
>> started in the film industry? It's atrocious for writers that somebody
>> would have a right to something they haven't even written (future
>> installments in a series, for example). Or am I reading this wrong? It
>> seems that there is almost a boilerplate expectation on the part of those
>> buying film rights, which makes me wonder how it started and why it has
>> been accepted.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> mrt
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