I agree this is messed up, but isn’t this a WGA thing and not a Sony thing? from what I understand there’s very specific rules as to which writers can be credited in a screenplay
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As far as I'm aware the contract at the time didn't include adaptations and I'm talking to the people behind it. We have to remember this was a time before the transmedia hot trend we have now. Even if it did, why should they be treated differently to authors? Authors are paid upfront by publishers?
Again, I believe that they should, but in all of this examples you’re listing, those creators either maintain the “rights holder” status or have clauses in the rights management to be honored stipulated to contract. Most games writing employment terms has clear “company owns the rights”
So like it would be GREAT if Sony and the WGA had a system in place and motivations to allow for this game writer acknowledgement carve out - but this really seems more like a “games writers/creators need to organize and not sign those rights away in the future” vs a retroactive, right?
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Established ones. For clarity.
It's the same for tv writers, poets and short stories.
Why should game IP creators who write these stories be different?