Dark Horse apologizes to Firefly Fans
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UPDATED: Tuesday, August 3, 2010 23:48
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Acknowledgment to Serenity fan film Bellflower by Scott Allie
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/67/acknowledgment-serenity-fan-film-bell
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"Members of FireflyFans.net noticed the use of the ship designs within two days of the comic's June 2 release."
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2010/08/dark-horse-apologizes-for
-use-of-fan-film-ship-models-in-serenity-one-shot/
http://www.fireflyfans.net/mthread.asp?b=2&t=43573&newsid=0
My own 15-minutes of plagerism:
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Heh. My understanding was they were pretty happy to see their work become canon. But I imagine the official acknowledgment won't go unappreciated.
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I suspect they're gunning for a job.
Don't know that it's a good idea to sue your prospective employer.
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Definitely possible. Nothing wrong with that, either.
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They had nothing to apologize for, being as the filmmaker was committing infringement in the first place.
"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."
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