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ai123 posted...

Depends on the original contract.

Do we really want 'anything you come up with belongs to your employer in all circumstances'?

Seems a high price to pay for more Friday 13th content.

There's a big difference between 'everything you come up with belongs to your employer' and 'you wrote a piece of media as part of a transaction but after 35 years you can get it back'. Miller had nothing to do with Jason as a character beyond a brief bit of origin and a dream sequence. He was paid for what he did and now intends to let his side if what he now owns to rot. In terms of pure concept, I believe if you are hired to make something, it should be considered owned by the person who hired you.

It's as simple as that. Same thing if I ask someone to record a piece of a beat for me because I plan to write a song. The song's ownership shouldn't come into question because of it. Or if I commission art. If the agreement in place is that I own it now, it should be mine. Same if I were to make the art. This isn't to say credit should not be given, but the art shouldn't revert back to the person who did it originally because why not. It's absurd.

Fenriswolf posted...

While Miller did have a case about the money he was owed, he did not create Jason as we know him today, considering that all we see of Jason in the first movie was a fake out scare at the end. Jason in the second movie was a hillbilly with a sack over his head, and it wasn't until the third movie that he got his iconic hockey mask.

I don't think he even had a case about the money. He was paid to do a job, and he did the job. It's as simple as that. He signed the contract and knew what he was getting into.

Mad-Dogg posted...

All I know is that I am pretty salty this whole thing effected the genuinely pretty fun friday the 13th video game and so every single one of their DLC expansion plans had to get scrapped. My friend and I had way too many goofy moments with the randoms and a shit talking jason.

I agree with this too.