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<blockquote data-quote="JLowder" data-source="post: 7656923" data-attributes="member: 28003"><p>Sorry. I probably should have mentioned this in the first post.</p><p></p><p>I had creator-copyrighted material used in the archive without my permission and had a front row seat on the whole mess. As a former TSR employee who still knew a fair number of people out in Renton, I contacted WotC at the management level before the archive was released and alerted them to the backlash developing in publishing circles. (They were publishing Amazing Stories at the time, and there was a lot of talk about a boycott to submissions and subscriptions, for example.) I personally offered to help them, as an unpaid volunteer, to contact all the writers and artists who had creator-owned content, so they could secure permissions; they refused. I made it clear I would let them publish my material if they asked, honoring the contract they had signed. No big payment required, just a copy of the archive for my shelves. They refused.</p><p></p><p>It never got to the suit stage. There was serious discussion at the time the archive was published of getting together a class action suit. SFFWA got involved on behalf of several writers who were members (including me), and they were interested in seeing the issue go to court. There were dozens of writers and artists potentially impacted by all this. (Even if it was only 1 article, story, or piece of art per issue, the archive contained 250 issues.) WotC eventually settled with SFFWA to head off any coordinated action involving the organization. They also had to settle with some individuals who had very clear contracts saying reprints of their material were not allowed. Overall, it damaged the company's reputation in creative circles, too. All of that was avoidable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JLowder, post: 7656923, member: 28003"] Sorry. I probably should have mentioned this in the first post. I had creator-copyrighted material used in the archive without my permission and had a front row seat on the whole mess. As a former TSR employee who still knew a fair number of people out in Renton, I contacted WotC at the management level before the archive was released and alerted them to the backlash developing in publishing circles. (They were publishing Amazing Stories at the time, and there was a lot of talk about a boycott to submissions and subscriptions, for example.) I personally offered to help them, as an unpaid volunteer, to contact all the writers and artists who had creator-owned content, so they could secure permissions; they refused. I made it clear I would let them publish my material if they asked, honoring the contract they had signed. No big payment required, just a copy of the archive for my shelves. They refused. It never got to the suit stage. There was serious discussion at the time the archive was published of getting together a class action suit. SFFWA got involved on behalf of several writers who were members (including me), and they were interested in seeing the issue go to court. There were dozens of writers and artists potentially impacted by all this. (Even if it was only 1 article, story, or piece of art per issue, the archive contained 250 issues.) WotC eventually settled with SFFWA to head off any coordinated action involving the organization. They also had to settle with some individuals who had very clear contracts saying reprints of their material were not allowed. Overall, it damaged the company's reputation in creative circles, too. All of that was avoidable. [/QUOTE]
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