I don’t know what you think I’m suggesting, you seem to be confused about what I’m saying

I thought you were saying something about royalties. My work gives me some insight into royalty arrangements, so I had trouble following what you were saying, if it’s about royalties.

I mean that he is being paid for his work on the show because Netflix chose to hire him for that, since the creator being involved was a selling point for the show at the time. But now he’s a toxic liability while still being paid for season 2 per his contract with Netflix.

He doesn’t get royalties as Sandman comic author but he does as Sandman TV show episode co-writer

Correction: residuals, not royalties but doesn’t change the point about him getting paid for it bsky.app/profile/ausi...

Having Gaiman heavily involved in the show (hiring him as exec producer and co-writer of some episodes) was a selling point for Netflix in how they marketed the series to viewers.

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*

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.

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.

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...

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.

Well, mine doesn’t really because the residuals are based on US viewing figures, fair enough.