Leif Roar Moldskred
2020-10-27 23:54:46 UTC
I haven't seen this mentioned here yet, and figured it might
be of interest.
Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis are suing Wizards of the Coast
over a licensing agreement for a trilogy of Dragonlance books
Weis and Hickman were working on.
There's a detailed description of the lawsuit by a copyright
attorney in the YouTube video linked below[1], but in summary
and according to Weis and Hickman, they were approached by
WotC in 2017 about writing a new trilogy of Dragonlance novels,
and they entered into a licensing agreement to do so. In addition,
Weis and Hickman (with WotC knowledge and understanding) entered
into a publishing agreement with Penguin Random House for the
licensed books.
Evertyhing went along swimmingly until early this year, with
a completed manuscript for the first book (Dragons of Deceit)
approved by WotC in January.
Then in June, WotC changed the editorial and oversight team for
the project, replacing Liz Schuh and Hilary Ross with Nic Kelman
and Paul Morrissey. This new team asked Weis and Hickman for
some changes related to "sensitivity issues", which Weis and
Hickman obliged.
Then, on 13th of August, in a phone conference between
WotC, Weis and Hickman's agents and Penguin Random House, WotC
declared, basically out of the blue, that they would not
approve any further drafts for the first book, or any of
the other books in the trilogy. WotC did not give any reason for
the decision.
[1]
be of interest.
Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis are suing Wizards of the Coast
over a licensing agreement for a trilogy of Dragonlance books
Weis and Hickman were working on.
There's a detailed description of the lawsuit by a copyright
attorney in the YouTube video linked below[1], but in summary
and according to Weis and Hickman, they were approached by
WotC in 2017 about writing a new trilogy of Dragonlance novels,
and they entered into a licensing agreement to do so. In addition,
Weis and Hickman (with WotC knowledge and understanding) entered
into a publishing agreement with Penguin Random House for the
licensed books.
Evertyhing went along swimmingly until early this year, with
a completed manuscript for the first book (Dragons of Deceit)
approved by WotC in January.
Then in June, WotC changed the editorial and oversight team for
the project, replacing Liz Schuh and Hilary Ross with Nic Kelman
and Paul Morrissey. This new team asked Weis and Hickman for
some changes related to "sensitivity issues", which Weis and
Hickman obliged.
Then, on 13th of August, in a phone conference between
WotC, Weis and Hickman's agents and Penguin Random House, WotC
declared, basically out of the blue, that they would not
approve any further drafts for the first book, or any of
the other books in the trilogy. WotC did not give any reason for
the decision.
[1]
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