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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7776681" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>Maybe One Bookshelf fears complaints by rapists, or maybe they are a company run by humans who, 1) can make mistakes and later correct them, and 2) change their minds on various issues. Publishing a work blatantly derivative of someone else's IP is a bad idea for a company, even if it's being offered for "free". One Bookshelf never should have uploaded your book in the first place, they were right to later take it down. I doubt they are pals with McFarland (not really sure who that is), but when someone, anyone, pointed out the foolishness of carrying your product, they decided the smart move would be to take it down.</p><p></p><p>Note, I don't think there is anything wrong with you creating and distributing your work at no cost through whatever avenues are available. It was just foolish for One Bookshelf to allow themselves to be one of those avenues. Fan-fiction is a thing (or, I suppose, fan-gaming), it just shouldn't be distributed by a for-profit company, even for free.</p><p></p><p>If the owners of the IP you've used without permission haven't come calling, that doesn't mean they won't at some point or that you are legally in the clear. Not a good strategy for a business or an author trying to make a profit, if even a small one. Even fan-fiction has been squashed flat in the past, not so much because it's illegal, but because media companies often have bigger lawyers than fan-authors do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 7776681, member: 18182"] Maybe One Bookshelf fears complaints by rapists, or maybe they are a company run by humans who, 1) can make mistakes and later correct them, and 2) change their minds on various issues. Publishing a work blatantly derivative of someone else's IP is a bad idea for a company, even if it's being offered for "free". One Bookshelf never should have uploaded your book in the first place, they were right to later take it down. I doubt they are pals with McFarland (not really sure who that is), but when someone, anyone, pointed out the foolishness of carrying your product, they decided the smart move would be to take it down. Note, I don't think there is anything wrong with you creating and distributing your work at no cost through whatever avenues are available. It was just foolish for One Bookshelf to allow themselves to be one of those avenues. Fan-fiction is a thing (or, I suppose, fan-gaming), it just shouldn't be distributed by a for-profit company, even for free. If the owners of the IP you've used without permission haven't come calling, that doesn't mean they won't at some point or that you are legally in the clear. Not a good strategy for a business or an author trying to make a profit, if even a small one. Even fan-fiction has been squashed flat in the past, not so much because it's illegal, but because media companies often have bigger lawyers than fan-authors do. [/QUOTE]
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