I found out about this from Rachel :]
Nice try, Tokyopop
Srsly!? -_-
And they have to do the "HAY GUISE WE'RE NORMAL PPL LIKE J00" thing which is SO CREEPY, esp since it lays out just what kind of snakeoil they're trying to sell you, but hay they're on UR side, not like those SKETCHY FRENCH PPL (that part is my favourite part, with the whole MORAL RIGHTS IS A WEIRD FRENCH TERM, YOU DUN LIKE TEH FRENCH RITE? WE HAVE OUR OWN WAYS OF DEALING WITH CREDIT!!! LIKE NOT GIVING IT TO YOU CUZ OTHERWIZE WE'D BE TEH FRENCH)
>_o;;;
It seems like they're rly aiming at younger creators and hoping that some of them would be so blinded by the stars in their eyes and the prospect of being famous and having their idea be huge or something that they wun even read it or wun care about what might happen in the future with their credit or idea or nething else. :( Or hoping that some ppl might just think this is just "how things are done" and y'know they see so much stuff they like from Tokyopop that they think this is just what everybody does and it's normal and okay and safe and it'll make them "official" :( Or the ppl who might be scared and lost about how to get published and be suckered in by the "we're not scary lawyers, we're friendly ppl" approach :\
After all, they're Tokyopop, regular guise like you and me, not sleezy hollywood types or nething! e_e;; YOU CAN TRUST THEM!!!
I hope nobody's signed it or at least that they read it thoroughly and know wtf they're getting into. >:O
*sighs*
I'm rly upset about something else in my life right now, so I can't rly get coherent thoughts about this, but I wanted to blog about this cuz it's just so gross to me and UGH >:| But hay, at least they're not French!
I AM curious to hear from my creator friends and those involved in the business about this tho :D *looks at David innocently* :)
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
What? You dun want to sell your soul to Tokyopop? What are you? French?
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I believe in moral rights like I believe in baguettes, brie and creme brulee. Vive la France!
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...hokay...that is...wow.
Y'know what else the French did? Bailed out America during the War of Independence against England. Man, I bet the French are kicking themselves for that, huh?
Gah.
I don't really know what I can add to what has already been said by almost everyone on the geek landscape... while it's true that my comic is my own, and there is absolutely no way I'd sign away the rights to Damnation, I'm not personally automatically opposed to work for hire on principle; on the contrary, I think it can be a great thing, and I hope to add a few toys to the box myself one day. But this contract is just indescribably sleazy. The crack about the French isn't even the worst thing in there, eye-catching as it is- I'm personally most appalled by the clause whereby the creator signs away any right to legal recourse in favour of arbitration performed by a company of Tokyopop's choosing.
basically, fuck Tokypop.
"Moral rights?" Is that anything like "morals?" You know, those fun-killing rule things little old ladies are always screeching about?
If so... screw that! Moral rights are for nerds and French people! I'm ready to give all my best ideas and my first born children to Tokyopop so they can get rich rich rich beyond their wildest dreams!
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