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<blockquote data-quote="Rel" data-source="post: 7257" data-attributes="member: 99">I have a question about whether something I was contemplating would be &quot;frowned upon&quot; by the powers that be.&nbsp; I don't want to be the recipient of a brutal frowning incident.I am the co-author of a book written for the Rolemaster System by ICE.&nbsp; Due to their past habit of not paying their authors, we had a bit of a dispute and ultimately the copyright reverted to us (the authors).&nbsp; Since then, the book has been out of print and very hard to get a copy of.I still have several copies of the book in my posession and I frequently get requests for them.&nbsp; I would like to make one or more copies available to those who want them but couldn't make up my mind as to who to sell them to.&nbsp; So I decided to put one on ebay.My specific question to the admins is whether I am allowed to post a message about this on the boards.&nbsp; I realize that this is specifically a D&amp;D board, but I've seen many of the members mention having played Rolemaster.&nbsp; Them being aware of my auction is obviously of benefit to me, but, as I mentioned, the book is hard to come by and maybe there are those on these boards who would really like to bid for it.I was guessing that your response would fall roughly into one of the following categories:1)&nbsp; Sure, you can post a message and a link if you want to.&nbsp; After all, nobody looked askance when Dr. Midnight made his D20 S**t mugs available for sale.2)&nbsp; You can post a message, but don't include a link to ebay.&nbsp; Instead, tell them they can e-mail you for the url.3)&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; This site is for general entertainment and q&amp;a regarding D&amp;D.&nbsp; Peddle your wares somewhere else.As I implied in option 1, I don't think that my post would be out of sync with what I've seen here in the past.&nbsp; On the other hand, I wouldn't want the General RPG forum (where I intended to post) to become deluged with tons of &quot;CHECK OUT MY NEW ITEM ON EBAY!&quot; posts.&nbsp; I wouldn't enjoy having to wade through that kind of stuff in order to get to the meaningful posts.In any event, I wasn't sure whether or not this was allowed and I wanted to check with the mods before I posted.&nbsp; Thanks for your consideration and the great job you do, regardless of how you rule in my specific situation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rel, post: 7257, member: 99"] I have a question about whether something I was contemplating would be "frowned upon" by the powers that be. I don't want to be the recipient of a brutal frowning incident. I am the co-author of a book written for the Rolemaster System by ICE. Due to their past habit of not paying their authors, we had a bit of a dispute and ultimately the copyright reverted to us (the authors). Since then, the book has been out of print and very hard to get a copy of. I still have several copies of the book in my posession and I frequently get requests for them. I would like to make one or more copies available to those who want them but couldn't make up my mind as to who to sell them to. So I decided to put one on ebay. My specific question to the admins is whether I am allowed to post a message about this on the boards. I realize that this is specifically a D&D board, but I've seen many of the members mention having played Rolemaster. Them being aware of my auction is obviously of benefit to me, but, as I mentioned, the book is hard to come by and maybe there are those on these boards who would really like to bid for it. I was guessing that your response would fall roughly into one of the following categories: 1) Sure, you can post a message and a link if you want to. After all, nobody looked askance when Dr. Midnight made his D20 S**t mugs available for sale. 2) You can post a message, but don't include a link to ebay. Instead, tell them they can e-mail you for the url. 3) Nope. This site is for general entertainment and q&a regarding D&D. Peddle your wares somewhere else. As I implied in option 1, I don't think that my post would be out of sync with what I've seen here in the past. On the other hand, I wouldn't want the General RPG forum (where I intended to post) to become deluged with tons of "CHECK OUT MY NEW ITEM ON EBAY!" posts. I wouldn't enjoy having to wade through that kind of stuff in order to get to the meaningful posts. In any event, I wasn't sure whether or not this was allowed and I wanted to check with the mods before I posted. Thanks for your consideration and the great job you do, regardless of how you rule in my specific situation. [/QUOTE]

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