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Originally Posted by GuruAskew
Though it's certainly nice to think that a company like Criterion would just willingly compensate creators out of respect or ethics the truth is Criterion wouldn't be around for nearly 3 decades if they just threw money at people when they weren't legally obligated to.
I'm sure people are paid for supervising transfers, participating in commentaries etc. Is there someon saying "BLANK should get 5% of this title's profit because this movie wouldn't be the same without him?" Sorry, but no.
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Just an example I know about which should some indication on this - when Adrian Martin's brilliant commentary for 'Vivre sa Vie' was ported from the Australian release for the Criterion, the first he knew about it was when he started getting messages from Americans saying how great his commentary was. Not only didn't he get paid, but he wasn't even asked. Madman (the Australian DVD company) got paid, as it was their property for which Criterion bought the US rights.
And that was completely fine legally. And, although understandably a bit put out, Martin is also fine with it (if I'm remembering correctly).