![]() There were dozens of writers and artists potentially impacted by all this. ![]() ![]() SFFWA got involved on behalf of several writers who were members (including me), and they were interested in seeing the issue go to court. There was serious discussion at the time the archive was published of getting together a class action suit. No big payment required, just a copy of the archive for my shelves. I made it clear I would let them publish my material if they asked, honoring the contract they had signed. (They were publishing Amazing Stories at the time, and there was a lot of talk about a boycott to submissions and subscriptions, for example.) I personally offered to help them, as an unpaid volunteer, to contact all the writers and artists who had creator-owned content, so they could secure permissions they refused. As a former TSR employee who still knew a fair number of people out in Renton, I contacted WotC at the management level before the archive was released and alerted them to the backlash developing in publishing circles. I had creator-copyrighted material used in the archive without my permission and had a front row seat on the whole mess. I probably should have mentioned this in the first post.
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