They could have licensed the IP from DC without involving Gaiman but hiring Gaiman to help make the show as true to source material as possible was a good business decision for Netflix *at the time*
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That decision predates the news about Gaiman, so … what are you saying exactly? That Netflix shouldn’t havereleased the second series? Or should have taken his name off it? I haven’t studied the contracts—maybe you have—but I’m not sure what you’re saying about the royalties.
jul 6, 2025, 7:44 pm • 0 0 • view
I’m not saying the decision doesn’t predate the news or what Netflix should have done, it just informs my decision not to watch.
jul 6, 2025, 7:46 pm • 2 0 • view
Ok, even if he doesn’t get „royalties”, he gets „residuals” (sorry for confusion, I’m not an expert of American IP legal terms, they’re different here), as per WGA streaming agreement, as writer on the show itself. Him being paid for it is my point. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
jul 6, 2025, 7:50 pm • 2 0 • view
I don’t think your decision not to watch affects his residuals. This is not to say I think you should watch the second series. But it makes no sense to think that your decision has any additional moral weight because it denies him residuals.
jul 6, 2025, 8:00 pm • 0 0 • view
Well, mine doesn’t really because the residuals are based on US viewing figures, fair enough.
jul 6, 2025, 8:10 pm • 0 0 • view