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<div> <font size="2">One really big hurdle is Copernicus - the creator. He long ago (at least 20 years ago) left the community. He dd appoint me in charge.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2"> Anyone have any idea how to0 contact him?</font></div>
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From: Andrew Vineyard <dimensional42@gmail.com><br>
To: tsa-talk@lists.integral.org<br>
Sent: Sun, May 3, 2020 10:27 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TSA] [Mkguild] Publishing MK<br>
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<div dir="ltr">That is correct. Despite the stories readily available to read for free<br clear="none">online, the rights to the stories are still held by their individual<br clear="none">authors, as they are the ones listed to have written the stories. As<br clear="none">such any project that involves their works must get their written<br clear="none">approval for it, and they must be made aware of the anything related to<br clear="none">the project and their work, such as if there's a plan to make a profit<br clear="none">off of the project, or if it'll be translated.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I've read stories related to the gaming emulation community where one<br clear="none">developer of an Open Source program was approached by a large company,<br clear="none">they paid that one person money for the rights to be able to sell said<br clear="none">program. None of the other developers were ever notified about this,<br clear="none">which was required, and it led to a large legal battle which ended up<br clear="none">having all the other developers blacklist that one for his illegal<br clear="none">actions, and move all their work to another project and let the old one<br clear="none">just die from lack of support and maintenance. It even led the company<br clear="none">to cancel their project due to them not legally having the rights to<br clear="none">sell and distribute, as not all of the developers were notified or<br clear="none">received any money for their work.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">In that case, and maybe in this one too, it would be difficult to get<br clear="none">all the creators permission, because you have to track down every person<br clear="none">who wrote the stories you want to include, and get their written<br clear="none">permission. Some may have left the community and their most recent<br clear="none">contact information is no longer valid. Some may have left this mortal<br clear="none">coil, in which case you'd have to either contact their immediate family<br clear="none">or their estate, and hope they will do what the author would have done.<br clear="none">Any story where there were more than one author, you might be able to<br clear="none">get away with getting permission from just one, however you would have<br clear="none">to be prepared to give the other author(s) the same that you offered the<br clear="none">first one, in case they became aware of what happened and are wanting to<br clear="none">know why they weren't asked as well.<br clear="none">
<div class="yqt3656400958" id="yqtfd79412"><br clear="none">On 5/3/2020 5:36 AM, C. Matthias wrote:<br clear="none">> We've had conversations about doing this in the past. The only<br clear="none">> impediment is that you need signed agreements from everyone whose<br clear="none">> stories you intend to use granting you permission to do so. If money<br clear="none">> is involved you need to have all the right legal stuff done. I'm<br clear="none">> happy to give permission for my work so long as I can share in the<br clear="none">> fiduciary return. That's the first big hurdle. The next is how you<br clear="none">> would go about publishing it at all.<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> May He bless you and keep you in His grace and love,<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> Charles Matthias<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> At 12:59 AM 5/3/2020, <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:cokane8116@aol.com" href="mailto:cokane8116@aol.com">cokane8116@aol.com</a> wrote:<br clear="none">>> Late night chat on Discord has me thinking.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I want to publish a book of MK stories. 2 ideas really.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> 1 of the first dozen or so stories and another with the WA stories.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I think we can get the first dozen of so MK stories edited and put<br clear="none">>> together into a volume of MK stories.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> What do you think?<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Chris<br clear="none">>> The Lurking Fox.<br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> MKGuild mailing list<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:MKGuild@lists.integral.org" href="mailto:MKGuild@lists.integral.org">MKGuild@lists.integral.org</a><br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild" target="_blank">http://lists.integral.org/listinfo/mkguild</a></div>
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