Forum: Writers


Subject: My stories take place in the Forgotten Realms... can I post them?

Hydra opened this issue on Jul 17, 2003 ยท 31 posts


jstro posted Fri, 18 July 2003 at 9:34 PM

I think in a strictly legal sense you would be in violation of copyright unless it was a parody. As far as how strict different authors, publishing houses, and producers are varies. Anne McCaffrey, for example, will (and has) shut down fan sites with a vengeance. George Lucas, on the other hand, makes sound and video effects available for download so that people that want to make fan flicks can make them even better. His theory is, if there's a real talent out there he wants to help nurture it along. From other comments here, I'd say WOTC is closer to the McCaffrey model than the Lucas model. So I'd change the names to protect the innocent. :-) jon

 
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