For the sake of arguement. Can we just agree that it goes the against the rules/contracts/agreements that Sue operates by? You had a good suggestion and wanted Sue to see, but she can't. It may not make sense to you why she can't, but the fact is, she can't. It seems like this is going around in circles.

It falls under the unsolicited agreement and for legal reason cannot look at it for reasons of copyright or trademark. It is what it is.

Sucks, because many of us fans have great ideas and we have to wait for the people that work with Sue to approve it on thier terms as they come up with them. I think harping on it or beating to death will only create an enviroment where Sue will not post as often or keep us up to date the way she does.

My suggestion, let it go. Accept that she cannot look at that type of unsolicited material and move on to other things she can talk about.

Just my 2 cents

I apologize if this is the wrong place for this but what happened to Dark Times? It seems to have disappeared off Dark Horse's schedule. There have been numerous delays previously but now it is gone.

Hm. That would explain it, then.

Do you have any idea why this is so?

*See the problem? *

Well, sure. But if I never copyrighted it, could I still make a claim to it? That's what I don't get.

Also, wouldn't it take a gross amount of similarities to hold up in court anyway? A single element, or even several single elements generic to sci-fi, and I would have a claim?

Thirdly, I've seen Firefly's Serenity in SW. I've seen KotOR's version of Romeo and Juliet. I often hear the Yuuzhan Vong accused of being rippoffs of Trek's Borg. GL is apparently trying to allude heavily to old serials with his TCW project. No problem. Yet I can make something basically illegal, and still hold a valid claim in court?

I get a desire to stay safe, but it baffles me that the law would require such caution from our VIP's to begin with.

*> > This is absolutely normal. Nobody will look at

Generally the way it works is that the VIPs can read and respond to general suggestions such as "A Essential Atlas would be soooooooo cooooooool". However they can't read/respond to a poster who goes more in depth and provides commentary on what the book should contain or how it should be structured.

It is a bit of a gray line but it is a line none the less.

Welcome to the world of copyright. I won't claim to understand it fully, but I know the publishers are essentially covering their behinds by flat out not looking at anything anyone has written.

Still, it makes perfect sense to me that LFL doesn't own something just because you base it on Star Wars - it's still your work. You can't sell it for profit either of course

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Cause you KNOW someone was going to ask

ALSO - In hopes of preventing someone from asking the incredibly stupid question -

Fate of the Jedi VII is not coming out before Vortex, no matter what Amazon UK says. They are still using some outdated infomation.

Are you prohibited from taking inspiration from fan ideas? It is not like the creators own any part of it that might muddy the legal waters, is it?

This is absolutely normal. Nobody will look at unsolicited ideas because it means, if they do something similar in the future, you could potentially turn round an sue them for using your idea and not paying you. That it pertains to Star Wars doesn't make the idea theirs, until you sign a contract saying it is - it just means you can't pursue it without their permission.

*Jeez...gotta say, I didn't think my adult comment would get that much backlash (no pun intended). I was only (okay, mostly) joking... *

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It's all good. (Just not a popular idea ) There are some artists though who have stuff out there I'm sure