SFWA and Alan Dean Foster will hold a joint press conference on November 18 about unpaid royalties Disney owes the author.
Famed science fiction and fantasy writer Alan Dean Foster, writer of multiple book series, numerous novelizations of film scripts and more than 20 novels, will hold a joint press conference with Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America on Wednesday, November 18 at 2:00 p.m. Eastern/1:00 p.m. Central/ 11:00 a.m. Pacific. Foster and SFWA will discuss the non-payment by Disney of several contracts for works including multiple Star Wars and Aliens novelizations.
Foster was originally contracted to write the Alien novelizations by Titan Books, and the Star Wars novelizations by Lucasfilms. Both companies regularly paid his royalties. When The Walt Disney Company acquired the rights to these novelizations in 2015, the payments stopped although the books continue to be sold. Disney continues to get money for the books. Alan Dean Foster, and possibly other authors with similar contracts, have not been paid.
Foster and SFWA will discuss the fact the contracts are contracts and that Disney must pay this author and any author to whom they owe royalty checks.
The press conference will be available via Zoom Zoom (register at link).
The press conference will also be available on the SFWA Facebook page.
[Based on a press release.]
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According to the press release, it’s 2 PM Eastern, but when I register for the Zoom link, it’s 1 PM. Does anybody know which is correct?
Just got a clarification that the press conference will begin at 2 PM Eastern.
Yes, thank you, Michael. The 1pm ET time on the webinar is the call time for those involved to log in. Registered attendees will be admitted just before the press conference starts at 2pm ET.
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