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But the company was sold. One of the owners of the new company said, "Stan, don't worry,
you're going to be better than ever." And he was gonna give everyone
new contracts. So the new contract I was offered was instead of a lifetime contract,
a two-year contract, which made me very unhappy. I always resented the fact that
when I wrote these stories, I never thought, "Gee, I ought to try
to copyright something myself and own it." It always belonged to the company. So from a business point of view,
that was a mistake. I was heartbroken.
There wasn't much I could do about it
you're going to be better than ever." And he was gonna give everyone
new contracts. So the new contract I was offered was instead of a lifetime contract,
a two-year contract, which made me very unhappy. I always resented the fact that
when I wrote these stories, I never thought, "Gee, I ought to try
to copyright something myself and own it." It always belonged to the company. So from a business point of view,
that was a mistake. I was heartbroken.
There wasn't much I could do about it
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But the company was sold.
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One of the owners of the new company said,
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"Stan, don't worry,
you're going to be better than ever."
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And he was gonna give everyone
new contracts.
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So the new contract I was offered was
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instead of a lifetime contract,
a two-year contract,
00:00:20.353 --> 00:00:22.313
which made me very unhappy.
00:00:24.044 --> 00:00:27.777
I always resented the fact that
when I wrote these stories,
00:00:28.527 --> 00:00:32.823
I never thought, "Gee, I ought to try
to copyright something myself and own it."
00:00:32.823 --> 00:00:34.784
It always belonged to the company.
00:00:34.784 --> 00:00:38.999
So from a business point of view,
that was a mistake.
00:00:40.414 --> 00:00:43.876
I was heartbroken.
There wasn't much I could do about it.
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Movie Summary
100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.
