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‘Star Wars’ Writers Among Authors Missing Disney Royalty Payments For Novelizations: Report
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deadline.comA long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, authors of Star Wars novels received royalty checks for their work. But that practice apparently ended around 2012.Now, the empire is poised to strike back, as a group action by authors of the Star Wars adaptations and other franchises are going public.
They claim that Disney has refused to pay royalties on book contracts since it absorbed Lucasfilms in 2012 in a $4 billion deal, according to a Wall Street Journal report.These writers say Disney has either delayed dealing with their complaints or stiffed them on checks that rarely total a few thousand bucks apiece.
And the Star Wars franchise isn’t the only source of trouble.The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America association claims
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