#but they should be able to keep selling merch for the project as well alongside the creator

[manda-kat]

I think, legally, if a studio/game developer/publisher/whatever has the rights to an IP, but they go for five or more years without releasing any projects related to that IP, the rights to the property should return to the person who originally pitched or wrote it and they can repitch it somewhere else or continue it on their own as they see fit, or just keep the rights and know that nobody can butcher the property.

Obviously, companies should keep the rights to the projects they create while the IP is theirs and any characters or concepts that they introduced that was not the original creators idea should belong to their individual versions, but I think if more creators had the option to take their beloved brain child and walk if a studio decides they actually don't want to do anything with the IP, they should be more than capable of doing so.

This should also apply to cancelations without any plans for new projects AND media being removed from streaming and viewing should automatically return to the original creator.

#i just think if the suits dont want an IP it should go to the creator #once they decide they dont want to waste money making a certain franchise anymore they can enjoy the royalties from what they made #and give the rights to create more back to the original artist #companies wouldnt lose the earnings they get from streaming and distributing what theyve already done #they just cant sit on an IP that they have no plans to work on #and I know merchandising rights would be a pain #but they should be able to keep selling merch for the project as well alongside the creator #but they can only sell merch featuring the designs and concepts from their version they worked on #the original creator has the rights to any designs and concepts at the discretion of the original contracts they signed #or they just keep the rights to their original designs and concepts and things they make for it from that point on #it gets foggy there so I know why it isnt a thing #but Im so tired of seeing creators who want to continue their shows or movies but who no longer own the rights to the IP #and the company that does LITERALLY DOESNT CARE about the property