I hold few things sacred when it comes to intellectual properties. If I write a book and some hack comes along and writes and publishes one based entirely on what I wrote, I don't care. The only thing that would irk me is if he made more money, but to be honest that's a minor consideration since it would simply mean he either wrote a better book or had better marketing/exposure. Also, it may have something to do with the fact that I only write for leisure and to share my ideas, backward though they sometimes may be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ouch!
Aside from the fact that it infringes upon someone else's intellectual property without any artistic merit?Quote:
Originally Posted by Araciel
As far as I'm concerned, if he wants to write something similar, that's fine. But to explicitly use characters and to market it as a sequel... well, that's pushing it too far.
