Would you let a company adapt your story badly if they paid you

[vothnthorvaldson]

Absolutely not, unless I'm starving and there is no other option to make money.

I may choose that over cannibalism, but that's about it

[MegaRay]

Depends, honestly. Is it good enough for people to be interested in the source material? Then yes. If it's hot garbage, then thanks but no thanks.

[AdamBraveOfficial]

For how long will I receive the 1k? And I didn't understand if it's a week or a month.

[AdamBraveOfficial]

LOL Nice country! Where are you from?

1k it's almost the double of the minimum wage in my country xD

[Random_Guy]

Absolutely NOT.

I need money, but I don’t need it that badly.

[MochoStudios]

K I edited the message again
Reas it again

[33rdCenturyCaveman]

Hahaha, how many months exactly? With 1k euros a month me can live comfortably, pay off debt, and get started producing other stories.

[MochoStudios]

I realised how poorly I thought this question through
When people buy the rights from you they pay you once and don't need to give you anything for adaptations

Anyway lets say 6 months

[prankishparty_67]

depends on how much they pay

[Azifri]

Switzerland <- spent like 5 minutes looking for the bank emoji.

Only a few cantons/states have an "official" minimum wage; the rest is regulated by unions and other types of agreements, but it is around 3000 euros on average. It sounds like a lot, but it's still minimum wage. It's a nice place, just expensive D:

[Conrad_Os]

I mean, the original will always exist and the adaptation might bring some new fans, so yeah, if they pay me enough they can do a shitty job, as long they don't force me to say any good things about it and I can shit on the adaptation later on twitter LOL

[Random_Guy]

ahem

I do not care how much money they pay me, I will not allow my work to be ruined.

Hell I could just make the d#mn thing myself and make money off of it.

[ar-ninetysix]

Wait, hold on, they'll just adapt it but I still own the story?

I ain't so mad anymore. Let 'em do what they want, I'll take the pay and do some proper investments and get my story a much better adaptation later. I'm all the more down with the idea if it turns out hilariously bad

[joannekwan]

Seconding @Conrad_Os !

But I would like to ask for a lot of money upfront, at least a cool million (and possibly additional royalties). Then there's no question that the book(s)/comic was waaaay better and have people flock to my originals.

[Conrad_Os]

oh yeah, I'd be definitely getting a lawyer to help me with the contract and legal stuff

[33rdCenturyCaveman]

Me thought the 1k was part of a royalties agreement. There am many ways to get laid for this. Could be lump sum, could be piece of the gross. Could be any combination. Just never accept piece kf the profits. As Freakazoid say, profits am fiction.

[vothnthorvaldson]

So focused of looking for the bank, that you forgot ? Scandalous!

[darkone4587]

How much money are we talking?

[C_o]

Yes, I absolutely would. I l love bad movies, and most people understand that bad adaptations have little to do with the work they are based on.

[Iris-Grimoire]

If it's not exclusive rights, fuck my shit up fam. There's no such thing as bad publicity, and hopefully, a lifetime to fix that - or if the bad show got popular, past my lifetime.

If it DOES ask for exclusive rights, hell no. I'm not giving away work so it can be remembered as the bad movie/show/videogame forever, not for a salary. That goes back to any future even though I'm not involved in it, it's not even just losing characters I love.