Naw, once you get to a certain level of success and someone tries to sue you, you just have them killed and that's the end of it...
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Anestis Kozakis <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10 July 2012 08:16, John Buttimer <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's not about demystifying anything nor us telling you what to write. Its >> your fans letting you know what they would enjoy reading as well as what you >> already put out. You obviously like the accolades that you get, yet you seem >> critical when a fan or two voice there opinion about seeing something you >> may or may not have thought about. Fans like stuff that never gets touched, >> look at the last star trek show. Despite the clamour of the fans it still >> got cancelled, same with firefly. And truly its not about demystifying the >> character but learning more about intriguing characters you have created and >> caputured our intrest with. So why not just say you would not write >> something instead of telling us you don't wish to be told what to write when >> it was a suggestion not an order, we know this isn't burger king and we >> don't always get it our way. > > A lot of it has to do with copyright. > > Example: A fan says "I want to see a book about x, y, and z". So Ray > writes it. Then the fan goes "Hey, that was my idea. Where's my share > of the profits?" and takes Ray to court. > > In other words, don't tell Ray what to write, otherwise he may have to > scrap a project he is working on. He has said this on many occasions, > and fans should not get offended when he says it and should respect > his wishes. Just take it as gospel and let Ray write, and we, as > fans, enjoy the benefits. > > Anestis. > -- > Anestis Kozakis | [email protected] | http://www.akozakis.id.au/ > -- Nick A "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975 "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759 "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them." Bill Vaughan "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." Plato
