Good work, gang! Issue 1 was really not to my taste, but I bit my tongue and avoided raining on someone else’s parade. Magically, I must have somehow manifested my intention because without giving you any input into what I’d prefer, it’s started along on its way there. Go figure! Exclusive content helps a great deal.
Thanks for the great feedback, guys! Really glad to see you guys enjoying the magazine, haha! We hope to make Issue 3 even better! And the website is on it’s way to being updated…
@ Marshall: Possibly a stupid question, but would you have any issues with me tinkering with the TXT version after downloading it to make it look nice in the HTML viewer on my phone?
Don’t you mean Mojang? After all, if Bethesda Softworks (or Zenimax Media) hadn’t filed suit for declatory judgement, the Minecraft devs would have owned a wordmark on the word ‘Scrolls’, stopping any developer except Bethesda (because of existing use) and Mojang releasing games with the word in its title. Also, I once asked permission to publish a fanfic based on Fallout: New Vegas via Obsidian Entertainment, and got a response which basically said, “Write what you want, just don’t charge for it,” which is closer to the UK’s definition of non-commercial than the US’s. That’s not authorisation, but it is permission. In fact, the only time Bethsoft sued an individual was when he was using their trademarks in a way that would have created confusion, and the law does state “Defend your trademarks or lose them.”
Not necessarily, especially in the UK. Although, to be fair, the law changed last year, and I can now create parodies without permission or infringing copyright. However, changing stuff for reasons outside of the current exceptions remains a grey area even if only the person who makes the alterations ever sees the results.
