![]() ![]() Then the Amazon Studios Series Deal Happened…: Crabtree claims that subsequently, he continued to see monies from comics sales, licensure of the work by MTV for a television-based motion comic, and Paramount Pictures' television & film options. "Kirkman falsely told Crabtree that Crabtree's rights and financial interest in the Work would remain unchanged if he signed the Certificate of Authorship and that the document would simply allow Kirkman to market the licensure of the Work more easily, resulting in greater profits for both of them," the lawsuit reads. Kirkman's "Certificate of Authorship": At 2005's San Diego Comic-Con, Crabtree claims that he was presented with a "Certificate of Authorship" to sign by Kirkman and Kirkman LLC, and that Kirkman told Crabtree that having his work characterized as "work-for-hire" was meant to make licensing the comic for a series adaptation easier and that Crabtree's rights and financial interests wouldn't change. ![]() ![]() Crabtree's "Oral Agreement" Claim: That Crabtree and Kirman and Kirkman LLC had an oral agreement in place that Crabtree would get 20% of single sale proceeds of Invincible with a minimum of $40 per page as well as 10% of any revenue generated from (as the claim reads) "other film or television commercial exploitation of the Work together with any derivative projects based on the Work and any allied or ancillary rights in the Work." ![]()
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