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<blockquote data-quote="Orcus" data-source="post: 51636" data-attributes="member: 1254">&quot;I have been under the impression that this was a Fan-Driven site. Is this not true? Is this instead simply a culling ground for publishers to grab and make a profit off of (and, that is exactly what is happening from my viewpoint, regardless of stated altruistic intentions/PR to the contrary)?I find this whole thing to be very disturbing and it gets worse by the minute.&quot;Come on now. Lets cut the hyperbole.This is not a fan contribution site that is being taken and published regardless of the wishes of the fans who contributed. The conversions were all done by Scott (and co). And they approached ME about publishing the stuff, which I thought was a great idea. So calm down on the &quot;publisher grabbing it to make a profit&quot; stuff. Were there any contributors other than Scott (and co) I have called for thier input and objection if any to use of the material (of course, that is mostly moot since Scott and Erica and Boz did it all).Hopefully you are no longer disturbed now that you have learned it is not getting worse by the minute.Clark</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orcus, post: 51636, member: 1254"] "I have been under the impression that this was a Fan-Driven site. Is this not true? Is this instead simply a culling ground for publishers to grab and make a profit off of (and, that is exactly what is happening from my viewpoint, regardless of stated altruistic intentions/PR to the contrary)? I find this whole thing to be very disturbing and it gets worse by the minute." Come on now. Lets cut the hyperbole. This is not a fan contribution site that is being taken and published regardless of the wishes of the fans who contributed. The conversions were all done by Scott (and co). And they approached ME about publishing the stuff, which I thought was a great idea. So calm down on the "publisher grabbing it to make a profit" stuff. Were there any contributors other than Scott (and co) I have called for thier input and objection if any to use of the material (of course, that is mostly moot since Scott and Erica and Boz did it all). Hopefully you are no longer disturbed now that you have learned it is not getting worse by the minute. Clark [/QUOTE]

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