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Politics Influencing RPG Purchases?

Started by Zachary The First, June 05, 2009, 12:39:03 AM

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aramis

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June 08, 2009, 05:57:01 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;307137That one is news to me. Then again, it is just batshit enough to sound like the kind of thing Kevin Siembieda would do.

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Having, myself, physically seen the letter, it was signed by his attorney, not KSA. Store owner put it up on display, right next to the "Sorry, I won't buy any Palladium Books anymore."

Sysop News, back in the early 1990's, damned near needed a column dedicated to "Who on WWIVnet is KSA suing now?" Even still he has the most restrictive FUP of any gaming company I've seen.

Werekoala

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June 08, 2009, 07:43:34 PM
So how is getting on FLGS' for selling used books political?
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#47
June 08, 2009, 07:47:17 PM
Quote from: Werekoala;307193So how is getting on FLGS' for selling used books political?

Its NOT 'political', it is bad manners tho.

Does his laweyer also send threatening letters to HALF-PRICE Books?
My guess is no - because HALF-PRICE is a chain of stores that probably makes more money than his company does yearly.


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aramis

#48
June 08, 2009, 10:44:41 PM
Quote from: Werekoala;307193So how is getting on FLGS' for selling used books political?

It wasn't a game store. It was a used book store.

And, at the time, there was a move afoot in both the US and UK to establish a requirement for resold books to pay a royalty to the author from the resale.

The wording pretty clear that KSA/PB provided posters only for use by the original game store, and that the store is supposed to destroy them.
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