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<blockquote data-quote="Ace" data-source="post: 8129247" data-attributes="member: 944">This is a bit off topic&nbsp; though the author in question did have one of his works Humanx Commonwealth&nbsp; made into a GURPS books so its kind of germane.A lot of companies that were fine a few months ago seemed to have developed not so good&nbsp; corporate policies. Disney for example thinks&nbsp; If you buy a publisher you no longer have to pay royalties on the works you acquire! <a href="https://www.sfwa.org/disney-must-pay/" target="_blank"> SFWA link here</a>&nbsp; And note this is not some new author but the well renowned Alan Dean Foster.I'm guessing that some larger companies have lost a lot of revenue&nbsp; during this lockdown and aren't sure they'll ever&nbsp; get it back. I know that&nbsp; Disney actually lost money last quarter for the first time in decades .Given these are all publicly traded companies and the demands of shareholders are going through the roof do to population aging and the economic crisis&nbsp; caused by&nbsp; COVID , straws are being grasped maybe a bit too hard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ace, post: 8129247, member: 944"] This is a bit off topic though the author in question did have one of his works Humanx Commonwealth made into a GURPS books so its kind of germane. A lot of companies that were fine a few months ago seemed to have developed not so good corporate policies. Disney for example think[I]s [/I]If you buy a publisher you no longer have to pay royalties on the works you acquire! [URL='https://www.sfwa.org/disney-must-pay/'][I] SFWA link here[/I][/URL][I] [/I]And note this is not some new author but the well renowned Alan Dean Foster. I'm guessing that some larger companies have lost a lot of revenue during this lockdown and aren't sure they'll ever get it back. I know that Disney actually lost money last quarter for the first time in decades . Given these are all publicly traded companies and the demands of shareholders are going through the roof do to population aging and the economic crisis caused by COVID , straws are being grasped maybe a bit too hard. [/QUOTE]

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