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Would it be wrong?
11 years ago
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So.... recently I decided to look through the old logs and such I have from old RPs. I have all sorts of IRC logs going back to 2009, and Word documents from even older RPs or ones on messengers. Most of them were come and go, one or two embarassingly bad, but one RP...
I admit, it read... very good, I thought. Maybe not perfect, but good enough that I am tempted to post it here in order to share it. I mean I liked it that much. Just... two problems...
One, the story never really concluded. Oh sure it ended but it just kinda... ended. No resolution or real ending, just a stopping at some point. I imagine that one or both of us were growing tired of the story. Which is slightly understandable, considering the word document of it was 151 pages long. Yes, REALLY.
Two, the other person kinda... well... disappeared off the face of the internet, leaving the fandom, deleting all their art, and so forth... years ago. Which is the main question I have. Specifically... their character is not mine. Would it really be right for me to upload an RP/story with their character in it without their permission, even if contacting them is impossible?
I admit, it read... very good, I thought. Maybe not perfect, but good enough that I am tempted to post it here in order to share it. I mean I liked it that much. Just... two problems...
One, the story never really concluded. Oh sure it ended but it just kinda... ended. No resolution or real ending, just a stopping at some point. I imagine that one or both of us were growing tired of the story. Which is slightly understandable, considering the word document of it was 151 pages long. Yes, REALLY.
Two, the other person kinda... well... disappeared off the face of the internet, leaving the fandom, deleting all their art, and so forth... years ago. Which is the main question I have. Specifically... their character is not mine. Would it really be right for me to upload an RP/story with their character in it without their permission, even if contacting them is impossible?
That's the legal point.
Realistically, most folk likely won't give a damn if their stuff is posted like this. Some, on the other hand, will. Aside from a few folk who take this stuff incredibly seriously (to the point of sanitizing their work so as to not even inadvertently step into anyone else's intellectual property, the vast majority will not care, so long as you're not turning a profit on it.