<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> </head> <body> <div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; "> One of things we can do is set aside a royalty fund for Cope... After making a legit, documented effort to contact him. <br> <br> </div> <div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; "> It's a not uncommon method for anthologies of early 20th century works. We would just need a statement in the forward letting peeps know and letting Cope know how to contact us.<br> <br> </div> <div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; "> <span id="OutlookSignature"> <div dir="auto" style="direction: ltr; margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; "> Get <a href="https://aka.ms/ghei36">Outlook for Android</a></div> </span><br> </div> <hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%" tabindex="-1"> <div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> mkguild-bounces@lists.integral.org <mkguild-bounces@lists.integral.org> on behalf of cokane8116@aol.com <cokane8116@aol.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 3, 2020 6:16:03 PM<br> <b>To:</b> dimensional42@gmail.com <dimensional42@gmail.com>; tsa-talk@lists.integral.org <tsa-talk@lists.integral.org>; mkguild@lists.integral.org <mkguild@lists.integral.org>; furry-lit@Lists.Integral.org <furry-lit@Lists.Integral.org><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mkguild] [TSA] Publishing MK</font> <div> </div> </div> <div> <div style="color:black; font:10pt arial"> <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> <div><font size="2"><br> </font></div> <div><font size="2"> Anyone have any idea how to0 contact him?</font></div> <div><font size="2"><br> </font></div> <div><font size="2"> Chris</font><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica; font-size:10pt; color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> 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> <br> <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="x_yqt3656400958" id="x_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" 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" 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> <br clear="none"> ><br clear="none"> > * * *<br clear="none"> > Copyright by the author of this message. 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