If Disney offered to buy your IP today, would you accept? (+poll)

[DokiDokiTsuna]

• Yes!
• No...

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There are a lot of reasons why you probably should or shouldn't (including some moral ones) buuuut...personally, I've been poor all my life and the future doesn't look a heck of a lot brighter, so I'd probably just accept. ^^;

...Although, considering my luck, Disney would buy it and then cancel it, leaving me with nothing but legal issues...but I didn't get to where I am today by being a complete pessimist...

[mrtoontastic]

Maybe if I made something I wasn't super attached to, and still had some creative freedom, then sure! Go ahead. But for the stuff I've made since 8th grade and have stuck with all the way to joining Tapas and sharing them with people.... I'd rather keep those for myself. My creations are like family to me.

[GamerPrincessXI]

Depends on how much money. A cool million dollars for ip should be good.

[faisalhussein394]

I am very invested and compassionate on my comic and the thought of selling it to Disney gave me a huge chill down my spine.

I fear they might put too much political propaganda and agenda, imagine my comic suffers from the Aladdin live action treatment!?

HUGE HELL NO!

[vothnthorvaldson]

Absolutely no way.
It sounds like a nightmare honestly.

[Anthezar]

I feel the same way about all my stories. I don't want to give up my publishing rights to anyone, Disney or a publishing house. (I write fantasy novels and webnovels)

If someone wants to make movies/TV shows out of my writing, I won't sell the rights unless I know they'll treat the original material with respect. There have been too many books to movies where it didn't respect the original material and the movie failed terribly.

[azzy-m]

I don't want to give my ideas to a monopoly that no longer has the passion for animation, even if they have to assets to make all my dreams come true. I don't want to wake up one day in my 50s and learn that Disney made a soulless remake of my hard work, and turned the themes, which are things I'm passionate about and I want discussed in my work, into something for "woke points".

If you asked 11 year old Azzy-m this she would definitely say yes. My dream used to be to work in Disney.

[craftymarten]

I think I probably would, I expect my comic will never be massively popular so if I can get the story out to as many people as possible that would be great. I'd still keep the rights to the webcomic I assume so I can always be one of those creators that hates the movie version and complains about it all the time!
If Disney ever wants to buy a werewolf story about gays and drugs I'd be pretty surprised though, it's not really their thing.

[SuperRazz]

I like money and I have too many ideas anyway, so yes!

[Iris-Grimoire]

A random story sure, but my main fantasy universe? Goddamn never. Not all the money in the world justifies giving it to someone who a) has zero interest in deviating from the norm b) would clean up all the minorities and justifiably disgusting parts of the worldbuilding and c) would cancel it after one project if at all because it's too niche.

Then again, if Disney was interested enough to buy a tiny comic/novel series out of all the huge authors and artists out there, I think they'd make sure I'd regret saying no through other means or do the good ol' Mary Poppins technique where I'd have a say until I didn't. But uh before I make myself depressed that I'd hate my own work in that alternate universe, I wouldn't mind selling an adaptation license to a less scummy company and seeing how it goes like it's happening recently with Bone and Lore Olympus!

[liann]

For a good amount of money yeah. Maybe something I'm not very attached to. But disney, other than marvel, does not really respect the source material. Their remakes are lifeless nostalgia arrows that they shoot at us people who grew up with the original versions (that they stole from other creators anyway) lol.

[Prometheus]

I know they’re still technically Disney, but I wouldn’t mind if Pixar adapted my comic. But I think I’d turn more towards Blue Sky. I love their work, and they’re really good at putting heart into their movies. Or DreamWorks.

[IdiotWithPencil]

I can always make another IP but money is something I would really like/need right now

[Ich-San]

I love Disney, and I love money, so double YES.

[vfinnigan]

I write military history comics with 100% of the proceeds going to charity. I mostly write about military aviation. And given my poor health, I know I can't keep this up forever and would like it if other people took on things like printing, distribution, promotion, and such so I could just continue writing. However, I voted yes, but only because "It depends on the terms," wasn't presented as an option. If I could get Disney/Marvel/Lucasfilm/whatever company Disney will buy next to agree to contractual stipulations that the IP be used for its intended purposes, sticking far closer to the truth than the movie Red Tails did and using my books to raise funds for the charities I've personally vetted and selected, then I'd agree to the sale. Disney's usually a pretty good custodian of the IP's it owns.

And yes, I would very much enjoy Disney theme park attractions on the history of military aviation. Think Soarin' Over California, except instead of some calming trip over gorgeous scenery, you're flying an FA-86 Saber in a dogfight against five MiG 15's in Korea. Something like that.

[GamerPrincessXI]

Wait, what's IP? I thought we were talking about IP...such Internet Protocol. I thought we were talking about IP addresses. Is this different?

[DiegoPalacios]

IP in this context means intellectual property
so, basically, would you sell the rights of your story to Disney?

[GamerPrincessXI]

Oh...No thank you. My stories are mine. XD

[arleedraws]

If it was a reaally pretty penny, absolutely. Not that I don't love my story and enjoy working on it, but I've got other ideas bouncing around in my head, and the thought of paying off my debts and having some financial stability for creating art... heaven.

[Shanny8]

Depends on the numbers they talkin about and I WANT lifetime acknowledgement/royalties...