• doctorcrimson@lemmy.today
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    11 months ago

    The thing about Live Action Adaptations of an Animated Work is an Obscure Hollywood loophole where you don’t have to pay anybody involved in the originals any royalties.

    I forget the exact Court Case but a couple decades ago the courts decided that the live action remake and the animated film it was based on were too different to warrant royalties, even in the case of 1 to 1 scene recreations.

    • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      11 months ago

      I don’t want them to get royalties, I want an end to this madness.

      Good to know I don’t have to feel bad for refusing to watch live action adaptations of cartoons or comics I like though! Draw it or GTFO!