艾伦·迪恩·福斯特是几部《星球大战》小说的作者，他说迪斯尼没有向他支付版税。据福斯特透露，迪士尼还要求他签署一份保密协议，然后公司才会与他对话。

福斯特在《美国科幻与幻想作家》发表的一封信中写道：“你继续无视我经纪人的要求。”。“你继续无视美国科幻和幻想作家SFWA的质疑。你继续无视我的法律代表。我知道这是大公司经常做的事。不要理会请求和询问，希望**者离开。或者可能会死。但我仍然在这里，我仍然有权得到你欠我的钱。”

福斯特·幽灵在乔治·卢卡斯的署名下写了《星球大战：新的希望》的小说；在电影上映之前，该书于1976年出版。他还出版了《星球大战》的续集《心灵之眼的碎片》。迪士尼在2012年收购了卢卡斯电影公司；福斯特称，迪士尼停止向他支付版税。去年，迪斯尼收购了20世纪福克斯，获得了福斯特的一些其他小说的版权：《异形》、《异形》和《异形3》。他说，迪士尼还没有向福斯特支付任何一分钱购买外星人书籍。

迪士尼表示，它与福斯特和他的经纪人就《外星人》一书进行了一年多的合作，这是他们第一次听说《星球大战》小说成为争论的焦点。迪士尼称，他们最后一次通信是在3月份，要求开会，但公司没有回音。迪士尼表示，该公司没有要求正式的保密协议，而是通过电子邮件要求双方在讨论中保密。

Press Conference with Alan Dean Foster

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America will host a press conference with author and SFWA member Alan Dean Foster.

据SFWA总裁玛丽·罗比内特·科瓦尔（Mary Robinette Kowal）说，迪士尼认为，当它收购卢卡斯电影公司（Lucasfilm）和20世纪福克斯公司（20th Century Fox）时，他们购买了合同权利——但不是支付福斯特作品报酬的法律义务。科瓦尔写道：“如果我们坚持这一点，它可能开创先例，从根本上改变美国版权和合同的运作方式。”。“一个出版商要想打破合同，所要做的就是把它卖给兄弟公司。”迪士尼拒绝就这种对他们立场的描述发表评论。

科瓦尔还担心迪士尼可能会与其他作家使用类似的策略。

在“迪士尼支付”的标签下，作者科里·多克托罗、约翰·斯卡齐、NK·杰米森和凯瑟琳娜·M·瓦伦特等人都反对迪士尼所谓的治疗患有癌症的福斯特。

这不是迪士尼第一次彻底改变版权。迪士尼一直在游说国会延长版权期限，部分原因是为了保护它的吉祥物米老鼠。迪士尼大力游说，争取由桑尼·博诺（Sonny Bono）提出的1998年《版权期限延长法》（Copyright Term Extension Act），如果这项法律没有通过，米奇就已经进入了公共领域。

请在此处阅读福斯特信的全文：

Dear Mickey,

We have a lot in common, you and I. We share a birthday: November 18. My dad’s nickname was Mickey. There’s more.

When you purchased Lucasfilm you acquired the rights to some books I wrote. STAR WARS, the novelization of the very first film. SPLINTER OF THE MIND’S EYE, the first sequel novel. You owe me royalties on these books. You stopped paying them.

When you purchased 20th Century Fox, you eventually acquired the rights to other books I had written. The novelizati*** of ALIEN, ALIENS, and ALIEN 3. You’ve never paid royalties on any of these, or even issued royalty statements for them.

All these books are all still very much in print. They still earn money. For you. When one company buys another, they acquire its liabilities as well as its assets. You’re certainly reaping the benefits of the assets. I’d very much like my miniscule (though it’s not **all to me) share.

You want me to sign an NDA (Non-disclosure agreement) before even talking. I’ve signed a lot of NDAs in my 50-year career. Never once did anyone ever ask me to sign one prior to negotiati***. For the obvious reason that once you sign, you can no longer talk about the matter at hand. Every one of my representatives in this matter, with many, many decades of experience in such business, echo my bewilderment.

You continue to ignore requests from my agents. You continue to ignore queries from SFWA, the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. You continue to ignore my legal representatives. I know this is what gargantuan corporati*** often do. Ignore requests and inquiries hoping the petitioner will simply go away. Or possibly die. But I’m still here, and I am still entitled to what you owe me. Including not to be ignored, just because I’m only one lone writer. How many other writers and artists out there are you similarly ignoring?

My wife has serious medical issues and in 2016 I was diagnosed with an advanced form of cancer. We could use the money. Not charity: just what I’m owed. I’ve always loved Disney. The films, the parks, growing up with the Disneyland TV show. I don’t think Unca Walt would approve of how you are currently treating me. Maybe someone in the right position just hasn’t received the word, though after all these months of ignored requests and queries, that’s hard to countenance. Or as a guy named Bob Iger said….

“The way you do anything is the way you do everything.”

I’m not feeling it.

Alan Dean Foster

Prescott, AZ

更新11月20日，美国东部时间下午4:00：增加迪士尼对所谓的保密协议的澄清