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<blockquote data-quote="Guillaume" data-source="post: 1470597" data-attributes="member: 8052">I think that comparing the publishing of scientific results with the publishing of gaming material is unfair.&nbsp; In one case the actual content stays the property of the author.&nbsp; In other words, you might publish your paper in the Canadian Journal of Zoology. In that case, you will loose the right to publish those ideas elsewhere, but the ideas and concepts remain yours.&nbsp; That is why we quote you later on and the the journal itself.&nbsp; The journal does not buy your work.&nbsp; It simply provides a mean of presenting it to the scientific community.&nbsp;It is my understanding that the work of Mr Noonan was bought outright.&nbsp; From what he wrote on the WoTC boards, he sold the material to Paizo.&nbsp; By doing so, Paizo was well within their rights to work the material any way they saw fit without consulting him.&nbsp; &nbsp;The two environments, the economic pressures and the legal context of editing for a scientific journal and a gaming magazine are completely different, if you ask me.&nbsp; Comparing the process of editing in both cases seems to be comparing D&amp;D and Monopoly. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> &nbsp;As for the point of the discussion : the editing decisions in Dragon magazine, I do not read it.&nbsp; Never found it of much use in my games.&nbsp; I am a subscriber to Dungeon, however.&nbsp; Find it useful, got plenty of ideas that I can use and the quality is very good.<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool&nbsp; &nbsp; :cool:"&nbsp; data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /> &nbsp;Delays in delivery do happen, but I can live with that.&nbsp; Quality of construction of the magazine ? No different from anyother I have subscibed to or bought.&nbsp; You won't see any complaints on my part on that front.&nbsp;Customer service ? Since Paizo took over, I contacted the customer service twice.&nbsp; I got curtious and prompt service from them in both instances.&nbsp; Again, no complaint from me there.&nbsp;Just my 2 cp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guillaume, post: 1470597, member: 8052"] I think that comparing the publishing of scientific results with the publishing of gaming material is unfair. In one case the actual content stays the property of the author. In other words, you might publish your paper in the [i]Canadian Journal of Zoology.[/i] In that case, you will loose the right to publish those ideas elsewhere, but the ideas and concepts remain yours. That is why we quote you later on and the the journal itself. The journal does not [b]buy[/b] your work. It simply provides a mean of presenting it to the scientific community. It is my understanding that the work of Mr Noonan was bought outright. From what he wrote on the WoTC boards, he sold the material to Paizo. By doing so, Paizo was well within their rights to work the material any way they saw fit without consulting him. The two environments, the economic pressures and the legal context of editing for a scientific journal and a gaming magazine are completely different, if you ask me. Comparing the process of editing in both cases seems to be comparing D&D and Monopoly. ;) As for the point of the discussion : the editing decisions in Dragon magazine, I do not read it. Never found it of much use in my games. I am a subscriber to Dungeon, however. Find it useful, got plenty of ideas that I can use and the quality is very good.:cool: Delays in delivery do happen, but I can live with that. Quality of construction of the magazine ? No different from anyother I have subscibed to or bought. You won't see any complaints on my part on that front. Customer service ? Since Paizo took over, I contacted the customer service twice. I got curtious and prompt service from them in both instances. Again, no complaint from me there. Just my 2 cp. [/QUOTE]

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