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* For ''[[Sandman]]'' there is an interesting semi-exception in a medium (American comics) where it ''is'' very common: [[DC Comics]] own the work, and can use characters from it without consulting [[Neil Gaiman]] in any way ... but it wouldn't occur to anyone currently working there to do so, mostly because Gaiman's portrayal of them is so iconic that any appearance by a ''[[Sandman]]'' character written by anyone else would be considered [[Canon Discontinuity]] at best.

** To date, due to a reluctance to include characters from the Vertigo line in the 'mainstream' DC universe, the only appearance of a Sandman character in the main DC line since the original [[Sandman]] series concluded was the Daniel version of Dream. They had no need to ask permission but at least gave the courtesy of a heads-up to [[Neil Gaiman]], who looked the dialogue over and thought it was pretty damn good. A reference to the [[Green Lantern Ring]] as a "wishing ring" is one he wishes he thought of himself.

* Happened to [[Gene Roddenberry]] with the ''[[Star Trek]]'' film series. After ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' went way over budget and past schedule, [[Paramount Pictures]] had Roddenberry [[Kicked Upstairs]] to "executive consultant", meaning everyone could ignore his "suggestions" if they liked and they did. But [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]. The films that followed are considered some of the best work in the ''Star Trek'' canon. When ''Star Trek'' returned to the small screen with ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'', Roddenberry got to be in charge of that, though he continued to have no control over the ''Trek'' movies. During this time, Roddenberry dispensed some [[Word of God]] regarding what elements of the films he considered to be non-canon.

 

* L J Smith was fired from writing ''[[The Vampire Diaries]]'' by the company that owns the rights, allegedly because she disagreed with them about who the heroine should be romantically paired with at the end. The company intends to get someone else in to write it the way they want.

* Tying into the below-mentioned Tabletop Games, R.A. Salvatore doesn't own the rights to the stuff he's written based off ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''. He tried to end ''[[Forgotten Realms|The Legend of Drizzt]]'', but backed down after being told that a different writer would continue the story. It's suspected by some that the series's recent decline in quality is an attempt to [[Torch the Franchise and Run]], but another theory is that he's simply out of ideas (which, of course, would explain why he tried to end it in the first place.)

 

* Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield had created a derivative version of [[David Bowie]]'s ''Space Oddity'' which contained actual footage of the astronaut performing a version of the song on the International Space Station. The video was widely distributed and well-regarded, but was then abruptly pulled as the derivative relied on buying a paid licence for the original work... which Bowie no longer controlled, and which had been purchased for a fixed one-year term from whatever faceless corporation had taken Bowie's rights to his own music.

** At least Chris Hadfield was able to negotiate a longer license for the audio before his album ''Songs from a Tin Can'' was released, so we can at least listen to this cover.

 

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