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Comment on Thermae Romae Mangaka “Got $10,000 of $62,000,000″ by Anonymous:

Looks bad, but it’s just the way it goes.
Say the movie was a total failure and gave the studio a loss of 62 million. She’d still get her 10 thousand bucks.
What probably happened is that the studio got the rights for the movie at a closed sum.
You can’t complain after the deal is done, unless it was purposedly done in a shady way, or if there’s something wrong.
It is essencially a bet (and usually a very expensive one) from the studios. Most of the times, it’s even more rational for studios to pay a small sum plus a percentage of profits, so that if the movie sinks, the loss will be reduced.

She could’ve asked for a percentage in profit or something.
Being busy with your work is no excuse for signing up contracts without reading them properly, specially ones that are licensing your creative works.
But what I think really happened is that she in no way thought that the movie was going to be this sucessful. So she accepted a reasonable sum for the rights. 10 thousand bucks is a small sum only in comparison to the gross profit of the movie… it’s quite a good ammount of money to pay to license a story to be adapted for a movie.
I liked the manga and the anime, but whether it’s Japan, Hollywood or whatever, thinking that authors will receive tons of money proportional to the movie/series sales is kind of a fantasy, unless it’s a very famous and already accomplished author who knows how to deal with those.
Even in those cases, it’s more likely that authors will end up profiting more with subsequent licensing than otherwise… like from future manga sales, future marketing and content overall.
The process of shooting a movie is very costly, very risky, involves tons of pros, tons of very expensive gear, locations, logistic, marketing, among several other things – and the complexity tends to double when it’s shot in another country. Yes, the plot, the story is basically the soul of it all. But I’m not so shure that only because the movie was a success, the author who knew nothing about the movie itself suddenly deserves a bigger share. The people who deserves their share are the ones who bet their money, time and dedication to the movie itself.

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Thermae Romae Mangaka “Got $10,000 of $62,000,000″:

Freakazoid knows what we’re talking about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHL91HQzhuc
Thermae Romae Mangaka “Got $10,000 of $62,000,000″:

This has pretty much nothing to do with copyright. >_>
Thermae Romae Mangaka “Got $10,000 of $62,000,000″:

Her thoughts were, “What an idiotic idea for a film adaptation. No one’s going to see this!”
Thermae Romae Mangaka “Got $10,000 of $62,000,000″:

Well, there you have it, pro-copyright faggots. That what copyright true objective , ripoff artists and take away their rights while those parishes get all the profits. “Thinks would have raked more making it herself lol”
Thermae Romae Mangaka “Got $10,000 of $62,000,000″:

Wow that’s a bad rate no wonder she mad an apple book

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