novelraw Chapter 127
Chapter 127
"Is there still a possibility that we can't talk about it?" Diana laughed and joked.
You can tell what this movie is when you hear it. The Chinese translation is called "Mission: Impossible". She has seen the latest one before. It is said that this guy's foot was injured during the shooting of that movie, and he almost A plane crash happened...
"Do you know what Paula and I asked Paramount for?" Tom wanted to sigh when asked by his wife.
His family's dear has been in Hollywood for too short a time, and his understanding of Hollywood is really not deep enough.
Diana made a please-to-speak gesture to show her all ears.
"We only ask for half of the copyright, and the other half of the copyright still belongs to Paramount, and they have the distribution rights of the film series." He explained the current situation.
The big studios are so domineering, if you want to cooperate with them, that's fine, first show some sincerity.If you want to take away the right to adapt the movie, you must either take money that can knock me out, or give up enough benefits, and you want to leave me alone and do it alone, no way!
In fact, the biggest income of these giant Hollywood studios comes from their huge film library. Those old movies and old TV series will contribute huge income to the company every year, so that even if they have insufficient funds, they will not let the company In a crisis, things like copyright are simply their lifeblood, how could they give it up so easily?The devil knows if the sale is a gold mine, and it will be too late to regret it!
Why does the United States keep pushing the Copyright Extension Act?
Do you really think that everyone is so kind to protect the interests of the author?
It's not that these Hollywood giants are behind the scenes!
If the copyright expires, the movies in their library will become worthless waste, no one will pay for these ancient movies and TV series, this is simply unbearable, how can these capitalists not resist ?
To give the simplest example, the first Mickey Mouse appeared in the world in 1928. If the copyright law does not change, then this Mickey Mouse will open its copyright in 1984 and become an image for free use by the public.So Disney made a move. Relying on its powerful lobbying ability and united front allies, a bunch of Hollywood companies promoted the reform of copyright law, allowing the US Congress to change the 56-year copyright period to the creator's lifetime plus 50 years after death. years, and the company's copyright is 75 years after the work is published.
However, this is not enough, because the time of 75 years is too short. It has only been more than ten years since the bill was passed, and Disney will face the loss of this cash cow that can generate 250 billion US dollars of wealth every year. Who can bear it?So Disney once again made a move, and in 1998, when the copyright protection period was about to expire, it carried out a second powerful lobbying campaign, which allowed the US Congress to extend the copyright protection period again.
However, the revised copyright law has changed that works created before 1923 are no longer subject to copyright restrictions and have entered the public domain. For works created after 1923, the copyright period is the life of the creator plus 70 years after death. The term of copyright is 95 years from the publication of the work.In this way, Disney's Mickey Mouse image can be used until 2023.
And even after the copyright expires, Disney can still use other means to prevent this image from being used by the public, such as constantly changing the image of Mickey Mouse, making me today is not the situation I was 70 years ago, this copyright protection It's like year after year, never ending.
In this case, wouldn't it kill you to ask them to give up the publishing rights?
It's not bad if I can give you half of it!Or the kind with additional conditions.
So Tom never thought of doing it alone without Paramount. His company signed a series of contracts with Paramount, including long-term co-production and distribution contracts, as well as contracts for the development costs of those new projects. .
All in all, for Paramount, it means that it has a new subsidiary under its own banner, or the one with its own big star. For Tom, it means that it has a reliable publisher and investor, which can let He is more confident in making the projects he likes.
This is undoubtedly a win-win plan, if Lei Shidong hadn't turned against him later.
Diana blinked, probably understanding why he would be so miserable afterwards.
Half of the copyright is owned by others. If Paramount does not agree with it, the film cannot be made. Looking at the situation, they know that they cannot spit out that half of the copyright, let alone the lifeblood of distribution rights in their hands.He was so dead that he couldn't die any more, and there was no possibility of fraudulent corpses!
"This is really an unequal treaty." She couldn't help but sigh.
This is the confidence and arrogance of a big company. If you want to enter the venue to play together, you have to abide by their rules.
Touching her chin, Diana considered whether she should add some chips to her dear, making him an indispensable part of Paramount's profit plan, so as to save her husband from being hit when the time comes.
But she doesn't know anything about this company!
After digging through her own memories, Diana only found one "Star Trek" which is the flagship work produced by this company, but it is impossible for this series to be spoiled anyway.
As for the rest, unfortunately, as a girl who studies finance instead of film, Diana doesn't pay attention to which company produced and distributed the film when watching a movie.
The only one I know more about is the later Marvel, because the history of grievances and hatreds surrounding this company is too much and too legendary. Sony, [-]th Century Fox, and Disney are the three main copyright holders. The struggle between them can be made into another movie series, the name is "Those Years, the Days of Fighting for Children"!
So the only thing I can do is not to choose Paramount as a partner in film production and distribution in the future?
The lights in Diana's head lit up, and she felt that this was a good idea.
Well, it’s already true to some extent, because Paramount owns the distribution rights of the entire "Iron Man" series, as well as the distribution rights of "Thor" and "Captain America" and "The Avengers" first part.
And now, Miss Morgan has hired a commercial company to conduct a long-term investigation on the current Marvel comics. Once the other party has any changes, she will receive news, and she will wait for the company to go bankrupt and run over to pick up bargains.
In this case, basically Paramount will probably not have the right to distribute Marvel movies in the future.From this point of view, it can be regarded as a contribution to Mr. Cruise.
congratulations.
However, she still doesn't know that she is about to complete a great digging act, and she doesn't know whether Paramount is too unlucky or Mr. Cruise is too lucky?
"Cooperating with big companies is like this. Didn't your film company give up a lot of benefits when cooperating with Touchstone?" Tom shrugged and said with a smile.
This is the current situation in Hollywood. Below several giant companies are a bunch of medium-sized companies, and below them are countless small production companies, and more than 90.00% of the production companies are attached to large companies to make a living. of.
Just like Diana's production company, even though it has acquired a film company with a complete distribution system, the distribution rights in North America are still handed over to the touchstone, because this can maximize the benefits of the film.
Compared with these behemoths that have hovered over Hollywood for decades, Mae Kefei is like a small ant, and her strength is far behind.Although it claims to have a complete system in distribution, compared to countless studio-style production companies, it is simply impossible to develop to the level of these large studios.
Let alone these giants, it takes a long time to develop into a medium-sized film company, such as Miramax. After all, this company has not been established for a long time, and its main business is still concentrated overseas. That kind of influence in North America is really too weak.
"So I'm working hard. And you know, my original goal is to be able to control the re-creation of my own works. For the rest, just follow the rules." Diana didn't care much about this matter.
To say that she is ambitious is to say that she is ambitious. This girl is different from many authors. She wants to firmly control her works and avoid being changed beyond recognition. This is undoubtedly a mudslide among authors.
Because even those authors who have a serious desire to control their works are only involved in the creation of the film, such as screenwriters, etc., and those who are more strict will add some when selling the copyright. Additional conditions, like her, there are only a few people who start a company for their own works and really succeed.
But to say that Diana has no ambitions, she really has no ambitions, because this girl has never thought about growing her film company side by side with other companies. If she dies, she just wants the film company to make more money, no As for losing money, I can't even get the funds to invest in my own movies.
From this point of view, she is not the type of hegemony, and she is also a very contradictory person.
"Perhaps your way of starting a company is the most suitable and relaxing way." Tom shook his head and said.
He knew his darling very well, and he knew exactly what kind of character she was.
It is this kind of personality that prevents her company from being surrounded by those big studios, because her purpose has always been clear, which is the core system of her own works, and everything else is incidental.
Under such circumstances, which company would have nothing to do to encircle her?It’s not that they are full of food. They can also avoid risks for large companies by investing in themselves. Anyway, they are the ones who come to issue, so why bother?
The author has something to say:
Big American companies are very confident. For example, "Charlie's Angels" is also a remake of a TV series from the 70s. The distributors of that film are all from Columbia. Later film production companies also include Columbia, so the distributors needless to say , is still Columbia, the whole place is reserved.
By the way, each of the six members of "Friends" can get more than 2000 million yuan in income from the TV series' income every year, and this is only for the actors.Feel this number, and you will know why big companies pay so much attention to copyright. This is really a cash cow, and no one is willing to give it up.
Dou Sen and Taylor Swift look like a contract at first glance. When did she fall in love so vigorously?Basically they are very low-key, until they are written into the song, they will become high-key ←_←
It's better than Dou Sen, every move is like a show, when it was exposed, it was like posing for a photo, and it was speechless.And the reason for breaking up is that I don't want my relationship to be too exposed to the media, isn't this funny?How high-profile was it at the beginning, but now you say you want to keep a low profile, who would believe it ==
But it is in line with her usual love style, so this relationship is full of slots, full of absurdity from beginning to end ╮(╯-╰)╭
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