Monday, June 20, 2011

Le droit de suite

Thanks to Tom Sito for pointing us to a well-designed animation on an interesting and relevant topic.

Posted by Jeff Massie at 4:25 PM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks to Tom Sito for pointing us to a well-designed

animation (?)

on an interesting and relevant topic.

Do you mean.....animated film or animated scene?

Anyone else sick of the misuse of this term?

Monday, June 20, 2011 8:27:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Beautifully animated, with more character than most so-called "character" animation.

Monday, June 20, 2011 8:28:00 PM
Anonymous said...

Why is there a limit on resale fees? Do art dealers need "protection?" If an artist's reputation grows to the point that his work fetches a high price, shouldn't he be entitled to the same percentage of the sale as always? The "pie" will be that much larger and the dealer will still make most of the money. It seems arbitrary and unnecessary. The psychology also seems eerily familiar. Our employers also seem to have a weird phobia of paying artists and animators "too much." Where does that come from?

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 4:24:00 AM
Anonymous said...

I'd hazard a guess and say it comes from the attitude that the profit from the sale comes from the talent of the SELLER not the creator.

I had a disturbing conversation with someone at a major studio. They were bemoaning the fact that an author was voicing opinions which were linked to the author's book (and subsequent movie deal) and were unpopular with the current conservative climate of the US. The studio's opinion was that the author should keep his/her mouth shut so they could sell more books, and that they were doing the author a favor because it was the studio that made the author popular.

Despite 6 other best-selling novels. And the novels being popular before they were optioned for very successful movies.

It really boggles the mind. I got the impression the studio felt the author was somehow their employee and subordinate, where all works created became property of the studio.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:57:00 AM

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