06-01-2015, 08:51 AM
Agreed; I hope that this gets fixed.
I looked at the posts by Mr. Vogel.
hock:
If that's the actual author; he's got some issues. My feeling, based on what I could see, is that the person discovered the book, told people about it, and was angry that some of us who know Dave had issues with the book. Mr. Vogel certainly did not do the actual authors any favors - with friends like this, who needs enemies?
I found it quite fascinating that he took the position that since the book was dedicated to Maj. Wesely, and only cost $1.49 for the download, that made it all right to publish without the good Major's approval. Yes, I am quite aware that there may very well be no legal grounds for any possible action, but the whole thing struck me as quite unethical.
I mean, if you applied this same logic to my book about gaming with Prof. Barker ("To Serve The Petal Throne") it would be perfectly fine for me to simply dedicate the book to Prof. Barker - which I happen to have done anyway, as it seemed the thing to do - and put it up on DriveThruRPG or RPG Now for a minimal cost; never mind all that pesky IP, trademark, and copyright stuff. Would I ever do such a thing, just to make a fast buck?
No. Nyet. Non. Nada. In short, I think not. It might very well be, quote, "legal", unquote according to Mr. Vogel, but it would be wrong - unethical, I think is the phrase. And that, as near as I could tell from his posts on Facebook, was the thing he just could not wrap his head around... :roll:
(And people wonder why I try to limit my Internet presence...)
I looked at the posts by Mr. Vogel.
hock: If that's the actual author; he's got some issues. My feeling, based on what I could see, is that the person discovered the book, told people about it, and was angry that some of us who know Dave had issues with the book. Mr. Vogel certainly did not do the actual authors any favors - with friends like this, who needs enemies?
I found it quite fascinating that he took the position that since the book was dedicated to Maj. Wesely, and only cost $1.49 for the download, that made it all right to publish without the good Major's approval. Yes, I am quite aware that there may very well be no legal grounds for any possible action, but the whole thing struck me as quite unethical.
I mean, if you applied this same logic to my book about gaming with Prof. Barker ("To Serve The Petal Throne") it would be perfectly fine for me to simply dedicate the book to Prof. Barker - which I happen to have done anyway, as it seemed the thing to do - and put it up on DriveThruRPG or RPG Now for a minimal cost; never mind all that pesky IP, trademark, and copyright stuff. Would I ever do such a thing, just to make a fast buck?
No. Nyet. Non. Nada. In short, I think not. It might very well be, quote, "legal", unquote according to Mr. Vogel, but it would be wrong - unethical, I think is the phrase. And that, as near as I could tell from his posts on Facebook, was the thing he just could not wrap his head around... :roll:
(And people wonder why I try to limit my Internet presence...)