Does Lauren Faust get royalties?

[Azureth 687]

Not sure how something like this works but even though she no longer works on the show does she still get royalties for it?

[Jade Fire 7,059]

i would think yes, at the very least it's very likely. but it all depends what their agreement was, and we dont have that info.

Edited September 27, 2017 by Jade Fire

[Lambdadelta 1,462]

In the past, there were 'Faustian' who think season 1 is the best, think the show is good just because of her, i dont know they still exist or not. 

Edited September 27, 2017 by Lambdadelta

[sweetolebob18 728]

IDK how it works in TV.  Comics, no, it's "work for hire". Basically, it's like you hire someone to dig a hole, they don't own the hole. Siegel & Schuster never got royalties for Superman & neither Jack Kirby nor Stan Lee got royalties for all the characters they created for Marvel.

[heavens-champion 1,907]

5 minutes ago, sweetolebob18 said:

IDK how it works in TV.  Comics, no, it's "work for hire". Basically, it's like you hire someone to dig a hole, they don't own the hole. Siegel & Schuster never got royalties for Superman & neither Jack Kirby nor Stan Lee got royalties for all the characters they created for Marvel.

Funny you would mention comics. But I'm tired of mentioning the event in question, so let's leave it be.

[Jeric 46,880]

That quick and dirty answer is yes, of course she does. She received what the industry refers to  as a 'locked' credit. 

The standard for someone at her level that time would be around 10% of AGR (gross revenue less deductions) or on some productions it can be 40-50% percent with a reverse graduation based reduced net participation by third parties. 

Both of these are standard showrunner agreement clauses (not all governed by the WGA, but some are), and the purposes are (usually) specific to address royalties in syndication but have been applied to creators who have left a production (Faust, Fuller, Sorkin). 

 

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

On 09/27/2017 at 2:44 AM, Lambdadelta said:

In the past, there were 'Faustian' who think season 1 is the best, think the show is good just because of her, i dont know they still exist or not. 

We still exist. xD

[Lambdadelta 1,462]

2 hours ago, Jackie: sleepy mare said:

We still exist. xD

 

[Jackie Snack 1,498]

3 minutes ago, Lambdadelta said:

 

On my way to ruin the shoooooow~

[Hierok 11,833]

I think she does, since she is the creator.