AwkwardlySet
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Millie, I love you.Is he back?
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Millie, I love you.Is he back?
Millie, I love you.
Bullshit. Whilst it's unlikely that the copyright holder(s) would bring an action it could, if successful, be enforced.You keep mentioning copyright law, even though it’s already been made clear that it can’t be enforced here and thus has no relevance.
Why? We have already established that most people here consider it immoral without the author's permission. The OP has accepted that and says he won't post the story if he ever finishes it.Let’s focus on morality, as the OP intended.
I am on the other side of the fence regarding the morality of the act. I won't publish anything because the site doesn't permit it.Why? We have already established that most people here consider it immoral without the author's permission. The OP has accepted that and says he won't post the story if he ever finishes it.
My apologies for misrepresenting your position.I am on the other side of the fence regarding the morality of the act. I won't publish anything because the site doesn't permit it.
Was that what you were looking for when you asked the question in the first place?I am on the other side of the fence regarding the morality of the act. I won't publish anything because the site doesn't permit it.
He seems like a nice guy and a decent author who balked at the fuss you made. He also took a step back once he saw the owner's clear statement, which, after all, is obligated to follow the law.Why? We have already established that most people here consider it immoral without the author's permission. The OP has accepted that and says he won't post the story if he ever finishes it.
If someone asks a question on this forum, they're going to get this forum's opinions. Delusional or not, that's what they asked for.So, I assume I’m not the only one who thinks stories should always come first, and that the grandiose delusions of narcissists should be confined to this forum.
"Somehow, Tilan returned."It's kind of like Sauron. He can't assume his original visible form anymore, but the same malignant spirit remains, gnawing at old grievances and doing whatever mischief it can. Orcs suddenly reappear when he emerges from hiding.
Millie, I love you.
I’ve explained countless times, and in great detail, why a sequel is not your story. But since, as expected, you’re unable to comprehend, I’m left with no choice but to send you to a cozy little place where you can enjoy the company of others like you and chant together: “It’s mine! Mine! Mine!”If someone asks a question on this forum, they're going to get this forum's opinions. Delusional or not, that's what they asked for.
Most of the opinions are also those of creative people who've published stories, and are actually stakeholders in the issue.
You want anyone here to take your opinion seriously? Publish a story and see it be stolen by someone else, then come back and tell us how you feel. Explain how you were happy that someone was ensuring your spot in history.
I’ve explained countless times, and in great detail, why a sequel is not your story. But since, as expected, you’re unable to comprehend, I’m left with no choice but to send you to a cozy little place where you can enjoy the company of others like you and chant together: “It’s mine! Mine! Mine!”
You act as if we're required to agree with you. Has it occurred to you that YOU may be the one that is on the wrong side of this?I’ve explained countless times, and in great detail, why a sequel is not your story. But since, as expected, you’re unable to comprehend, I’m left with no choice but to send you to a cozy little place where you can enjoy the company of others like you and chant together: “It’s mine! Mine! Mine!”
You act as if we're required to agree with you. Has it occurred to you that YOU may be the one that is on the wrong side of this?
When it comes to doing justice to a lost story and resurrecting it from oblivion, there is only one side. You care only about yourself and your rights, while I care only about the stories; at least the worthy ones. I know I’m not alone in this; others are simply wiser, knowing better than to argue in vain.You act as if we're required to agree with you. Has it occurred to you that YOU may be the one that is on the wrong side of this?
We're not talking about the sequel, but the original. The ideas that birthed it, the considerations that shaped it, the effort that produced it. Every concept that makes up the world of the original - the whole reason why someone would want to write a sequel in the first place - that's all the original writer's property.I’ve explained countless times, and in great detail, why a sequel is not your story. But since, as expected, you’re unable to comprehend, I’m left with no choice but to send you to a cozy little place where you can enjoy the company of others like you and chant together: “It’s mine! Mine! Mine!”
You know. I had an uncle that used to raise pigs. One day, I got this idea it would be funny to put some of my aunts lipstick on one...I could answer that for him, but he's a big, bully boy, so he can do it! LOL
At the time I asked this question I believed, based on the research I had done, that my proposed course of action was permitted by site rules. When I found out that it was not permitted by site rules I tabled the question; there's no point, to my mind, in discussing an abstract hypothetical that boils down to personal opinion. Continued discussion would simply spiral into argument.Was that what you were looking for when you asked the question in the first place?
Sounds like you had the morality part figured out all along.
Awesome to hear about writers forming community with each other. Love that shit.I have been asked by three or four individuals if they can 'use my world' of judicial slavery and even incorporate some of my characters into their stories. I have no problem with that as long as they stay true to the characters. One is writing his story now and I have not seen any of it. Another, Currentparameter has a multi-chapter story that uses the same principles but with different characters. He has his story.
We often talk. He gets an advance read on my chapters and comments. Sometimes he asks "where would such and such fit in?" and I'd tell him my opinion and why. Crossover stories are difficult. The challenge is to maintain the story's integrity. He might ask, 'how do think this issue would fit' and I'd tell him my opinion and why.
Many of you probably would say, 'the Hell with that!" I'll write what I want and screw it if you don;t like it. Fine.
But when I started with Slave Camp, I wanted to create society that might actually be feasible IF you could get past the idea of judicial slavery replacing the prison system. The whole idea is society would have to accept the idea and then make it work so there are some semblance of a lawful society behind the story.
I wasn't, but it doesn't matter. Remember that "nearly autistic compulsion to follow the rules"? I meant that. If the site chooses to amend their rules I'd be okay with putting in the time to try and write a really respectful piece of fan-fiction. But I won't operate on the assumption that 'I can get away with it' because the site operators are over-worked. Won't.But I don’t think he’s aware that, in practice, no sequel that began with the note, “I’ve been trying to get this and that for months, but they’ve been unreachable and inactive for years, so here’s a link to their blah blah blah...” has ever been rejected.
I think that the assumption that there is actually a wrong side in this case is a faulty one. At least out of the "sides" that have been presented here. Both have merit and I haven't seen anyone disprove either of them.You act as if we're required to agree with you. Has it occurred to you that YOU may be the one that is on the wrong side of this?
And yet you're fine with the law that allows taking ALL OF IT simply by changing the fucking names!We're not talking about the sequel, but the original. The ideas that birthed it, the considerations that shaped it, the effort that produced it. Every concept that makes up the world of the original
No, I don't remember saying that. In fact I mocked Dennis L. McKiernan for doing just that.And yet you're fine with the law that allows taking ALL OF IT simply by changing the fucking names!
And yet you're fine with the law that allows taking ALL OF IT simply by changing the fucking names!