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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 8131259" data-attributes="member: 177">If that'd happened, they'd be able to tell you exactly who held the liability.&nbsp; If you break up responsibility for contracts, you have to document this as part of the purchase agreement.I am sure the House of Mouse knows darned sure that the argument is bogus.&nbsp; I suspect it is a delaying tactic - hold off the liabilities now, so the books look a little better.&nbsp; Either there will be no court case, or it will take forever, and the liability can hit the books later, when the company isn't taking such a big economic drubbing.&quot;Confusing&quot; is not the right word.&nbsp; It should be entirely understandable - if a company wants to give someone the shaft, it is really better if nobody talks about it, right? Disney likely feels it has enough lawyers to hold off any legal assault, and they guess that few enough people care about Mr. Foster (and any other creators they are also similarly shafting), that the incredibly bad optics of pauperizing a creator with cancer and a terminally ill wife won't be a big deal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 8131259, member: 177"] If that'd happened, they'd be able to tell you exactly who held the liability. If you break up responsibility for contracts, you have to document this as part of the purchase agreement. I am sure the House of Mouse knows darned sure that the argument is bogus. I suspect it is a delaying tactic - hold off the liabilities now, so the books look a little better. Either there will be no court case, or it will take forever, and the liability can hit the books later, when the company isn't taking such a big economic drubbing. "Confusing" is not the right word. It should be entirely understandable - if a company wants to give someone the shaft, it is really better if nobody talks about it, right? Disney likely feels it has enough lawyers to hold off any legal assault, and they guess that few enough people care about Mr. Foster (and any other creators they are also similarly shafting), that the incredibly bad optics of pauperizing a creator with cancer and a terminally ill wife won't be a big deal. [/QUOTE]

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