Serenity: A Brief Guide to the 'Verse! by Iskellian

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Serenity: A Brief Guide to the 'Verse!

POSTED BY: ISKELLIAN
UPDATED: Monday, February 13, 2006 16:25
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Sunday, February 12, 2006 2:01 AM

If you're going to make your way in the 'Verse, best to understand a bit about its planets and moons. Don't expect to learn everything here—just enough to keep flyin'. For now. The black holds its secrets close. 'Fore you go out, take a little knowledge with you.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:56 AM

CREVANREAVER

Wow. Thanks.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:40 AM

SOLABUSCA

I wouldn't get too generous with the thanks. Iskellian has just clipped the entire background section from the Serenity RPG - a big, big uncool thing to do.

.j.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 8:17 AM

CREVANREAVER

Quote:
Originally posted by Solabusca:
I wouldn't get too generous with the thanks. Iskellian has just clipped the entire background section from the Serenity RPG - a big, big uncool thing to do.

Either way, I'm still gratefull.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:31 PM

GODZERO

Great info, do you think i could have your permission to use some of if in my Freelancer Firefly mod. For the plannet descriptions and such?

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 4:58 PM

DAVESHAYNE

Quote:
Originally posted by Godzero:
Great info, do you think i could have your permission to use some of if in my Freelancer Firefly mod. For the plannet descriptions and such?

You'd need to check with margaret weiss productions, ltd. since it's from their book.

David

You wanna go, Little Man?
Only if it's someplace with candle light.

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Sunday, February 12, 2006 6:34 PM

ROCKETJOCK

While it's nice to share stuff, it isn't cool to quote someone as massively as this without citing your source. It gives the impression that you researched all this yourself.

Let's not come down too hard on Iskellian thought; I think this can be chalked up to over-enthusiasm for a real neat write-up, rather than deliberate plagerism.

"She's tore up plenty. But she'll fly true." -- Zoë Washburn

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Monday, February 13, 2006 3:04 AM

JAMIECHAMBERS

I'll go ahead and assume that there was no malicious intent here, and just a case of enthusiasm gone a bit too far. For those who weren't sure, that represents a fair chunk of text cut-and-pasted directly from the Serenity Role Playing Game written and designed by myself and a hard-working team of paid freelance writers. Re-posting a block of text like this is a violation of copyright law -- and in thise case, the copyright does not belong to my company, but rather Universal, the company that brought our shiny movie to the big screen.

I would much rather not have to inform the company's legal department about this, as I do believe this was just a misstep. Hopefully most of you would agree that it's better to keep the Firefly/Serenity fan community in a positive light.

Admin/Moderator: I would appreciate it if the original post (or the violating content) was deleted.

To all the fans, sorry for having to make this request -- but please understand that enforcing this sort of thing is built into our contract. Also, as a publisher, it's very disheartening to work so very hard on something and then see it casually tossed out on the Internet for free.

If you'd like to see this information in context, with graphics and pictures, please check out the Serenity Role Playing Game, available at hobby game stores, book stores, Amazon.com, or from the store link at www.serenityrpg.com.

** Jamie

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Monday, February 13, 2006 9:16 AM

ISKELLIAN

Hmm. I'm sorry if this has caused any trouble for the site. I truly met nothing negative by this, I was just trying to enlighten my fellow browncoats. It still would be a real shame if this thread is deleted. Anyway, if it is deleted, I hope everyone saves a copy of this on their computer.

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Monday, February 13, 2006 9:29 AM

JAMIECHAMBERS

Iskellian,

I have no doubt that you mean well, but sometimes as a fan it's hard to understand that by distributing information like that it's legally and ethically akin to stealing. Writing and publishing game books and fiction are what ultimately pays my rent and feeds my children -- so you can understand my need to be protective of my livelihood. Another thing that's confusing is you did not name your source for this information, making it seem to many as if you wrote the above passages, which is whole 'nother can of worms.

Same thing goes for file-sharing movies, music, and television shows. Though as a fan it just feels like you're just spreading something you love far and wide, you are actually taking away from the folks who created the things you loved in the first place.

I hope that everyone interested in this thread considers geting their own copy of the book, so they can see this information and much more. Quoting small portions of text and citing your source is usally just fine, but anything more than a paragraph is getting into murky legal territory.

Sorry to be a buzzkill, folks, but I want to keep my job and bring you even more great Serenity material for the future. This is part of the job. Thanks!

** Jamie

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Monday, February 13, 2006 2:33 PM

HAKEN

Likes to mess with stuffs.

Copyrighted content removed. BTW, it's really great stuff. :)

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Monday, February 13, 2006 4:25 PM

KIZYR

...is it ok if I sound a bit fan-ish and say that I absolutely loved every line of the Serenity RPG book? I bought one for myself, had no problem convincing my friends to get a copy, and bought one for my best friend (who got me into Firefly in the first place) for Christmas? I keep telling folks that it's written just as if a fellow browncoat penned the whole work, and it shows.

I hope there's no big deal with my C&Ping (and citing) a couple paragraphs from the intro script to one of the chapters? Topic was something about cloning Washes, and it seemed to fit. But, yeah, given the descriptions this sounds like a great deal more was pasted here. KF

~KF

Lord, I'm walking your way. Let me in, for my feet are sore, my clothes are ragged.
Look in my eyes, Lord, and my sins will play out on them as on a screen. Read them all.
Forgive what you can and send me on my path. I will walk on until you bid me rest.
~Haven Prayer

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