Ever Notice That The Mean Voice In Ur Head That Insults U Is Awful Confident For Something Thats Literally

Honestly.... I'm not surprised...

Also that description had no right calling me out like that-

oh no, I’ve accidentally created another quiz….would be a shame if people took this one too.

Source 

I applaud those of you who draw Toby Fox characters correctly, I truly do...

However....

I do this instead :)

CPD just killed a fifteen year old child.

Reblog this and put in the tags what your blog would taste like

Disney's writer wage-theft is far worse than reported

Back in November, we learned that Disney had pulled a breathtakingly criminal wage-theft manuever on one of science-fiction’s most beloved authors, Allan Dean Foster, an elderly cancer-patient caring for his sick wife.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/11/19/disneymustpay/#disneymustpay

Foster is the bestselling author of some of the most successful movie novelizations ever, from the first STAR WARS novel to ALIENS novels and more. Thanks to Disney’s monopolistic buying spree of companies like Lucas and Fox, they now owned the movies and Foster’s contract.

Here’s where things get criminally weird. Disney argued that when they bought out Lucas, Fox, etc, they acquired their assets, but not their liabilities. In other words, they’d acquired the right to sell Foster’s work, but not the obligation to pay him when they did.

This is not how copyright contracts work, period. If it were, then any publisher with a runaway bestseller novel could incorporate a new company, sell its assets - but not its liabilities - to that company, and stiff the writer.

Both Foster’s agent and the Science Fiction Writers of America tried to negotiate with Disney quietly on this, but they were stonewalled and insulted (Disney insisted that they wouldn’t even *discuss* a deal without first getting nondisclosure agreements from Foster, another unheard-of tactic).

After failing to make progress with private negotiations, they went loudly public, launching the #DisneyMustPay campaign. The good news is, the campaign was successful, and Foster has been paid.

The bad news is that the campaign flushed out *many* writers who are also having their wages stolen by Disney. The company is stalling them, too - refusing to search its records or volunteer info unless the authors can name the specific instances in which they’ve been robbed.

In response, SFWA has joined forces with the Romance Writers of America, the Horror Writers of America, the National Writers Union, Sisters in Crime and the Authors Guild to form a coalition called Writers Must Be Paid.

https://www.writersmustbepaid.org/

They have a form where writers who suspect that Disney has stolen their wages can report it, anonymously:

https://airtable.com/shrE1hJbqMHsjP9Ll

There’s a reason for the anonymity: Disney’s anticompetitive mergers (culminating with the destructive Fox merger) has created a monopoly with vast market-power to destroy creators’ livelihoods by excluding them for speaking out.

The coalition has five modest demands for Disney:

I. Honor contracts now held by Disney and its subsidiaries

II. Provide royalty payments and statements to all affected authors

III. Update their licensing page with an FAQ for writers about how to handle missing royalties

IV. Create a clear, easy-to-find contact person or point for affected authors.

V. Cooperate with author organizations who are providing support to authors and agents.

More broadly, I hope this brings more creative workers into the discussion about competition.

Specifically, “monopsony,” the excessive buying power that happens when a companies dominate access to a market, which allows them to squeeze their suppliers, especially workers.

Are you a Ninjago fan?

So am I! I'm working on making Ninjago City in Animal Crossing: New Horizons!

I'd love to have visitors, but sadly I'm not allowed to play with people I don't know, however...

Dream Addresses mean I don't interact with people ;)

Have fun y'all!

[The island is still heavily under editing, as it's my first time playing, but I've added some photos of my current progress!]

I'll be updating my dream frequently!

How dare you all

I always cook the most hearty foods possible and spoil Link with every chance I get (more expensive inn-stays, the most healing foods, lots of elixirs, nearly every outfit in the game, etc).

I'm starting a revolt against those of you that make him eat raw foods and pull all-nighters

My friend who has been hunting all of the korok seeds has allowed Link to eat nothing but raw food