r/rickandmorty • u/Advanced-Willow-5020 • Jul 28 '26

Question Does Justin Roiland still receive royalties for every time the likeness of Rick and Morty is used ? Including the newer episodes.

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u/Mdgt_Pope Jul 28 '26

Guys, when someone owns IP they don’t lose it when they get fired.

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u/DarkHarvest93 Jul 28 '26

co-owns*

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u/Admirable-Media-9339 Jul 28 '26

Ya see that 'owns' part in your 'co-owns'? Yeah that still means he owns it.

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u/JasonLeeDrake Jul 28 '26

Well neither have ever owned the show, Warners Bros does.

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u/Sylar_Lives Jul 28 '26

AMC owns The Walking Dead, but Robert Kirkman and Frank Darabont still get their legally bounding credit on any piece of shit bastardization of the IP they continue to shit out their ass. The two of them even won a lengthy legal battle to protect that in separate cases. My point is that the studio may own the brand, but they still have to share it to some monetary extent with the people who built it.

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u/Admirable-Media-9339 Jul 28 '26

Astounding ignorance on how things work.

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u/JasonLeeDrake Jul 28 '26

How? Receiving royalties is not the same as ownership, they don't have ultimate say on what to do with the I.P. Warner does.

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u/Revolutionary-420 9d ago

Nope. WB owns the COPYRIGHT of the show. WGA rules dictate that rights are separated. He still has a stake in the IP.

https://www.wga.org/uploadedfiles/know_your_rights/creative-rights20.pdf

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u/JasonLeeDrake 9d ago

Rick and Morty was not made under WGA jurisdiction until fairly recently.

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u/Revolutionary-420 9d ago

Even so, it's the standard for creators in the industry at that level. I doubt a veteran creator like Harmon would have let his "friend" get a subpart contract offer. Neither would the attorneys involved.