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Date Posted: 07:00:55 06/29/02 Sat
Author: Cana
Subject: IMPORTANT...

Alright...to explain the reason why I quit DRoP: it's illegal. The whole site is, actually...none of this is allowed, and I think you can all get in serious trouble for operating the site...to quote Anne McCaffrey's official website:

"D. All role-playing must be done offline, that is, it cannot appear in print on a website ever as it is tantamount to online fan fiction, which is not allowed (see FAQ#2) Email archives should be set for either None or moderators only when using Yahoo Groups. ** Topica.com and SmartGroups.com cannot be used due to the fact of their limited settings, neither of which meet our guidelines.** Majordomo email services (for those with their own domain names) are allowed. News archives and OOC groups are allowed online, provided that they do not entail the RP's in a story-like nature. For instance news archives can be a short summation of recent happenings with certain characters, but not a story. The history of your Weyr should also be a short summation (two or three paragraphs) of the Weyr's past."

So...you're all my friends, and I don't want any of you to get in trouble...but if you don't shut down DRoP, I will tell Anne McCaffrey's site manager. Because it's what you're supposed to do, and Anne doesn't deserve to have the rules she wants kept to be broken after all her hard work with the series. I hope I'm doing the right thing here...if I don't get a reply in five days or so, I'll go ahead and inform the Dragonlady's site manager. So please, delete the sites and boards before I have to do that.

Signed,
Cana

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Re: IMPORTANT... -- Igen, 12:21:04 06/29/02 Sat
- Well of course I won't e-mail any lawyers if your making a new site! I only wanted to say something because...I figured someone would find out eventually and all my good DRoP friends would get in trouble...I've thought about this for a while... -- Cana, 19:01:46 06/29/02 Sat
  - *says nothing and works quietly on Etreus* (NT) -- Benden, 20:10:14 06/29/02 Sat
    - I will shut down Pern after I have changed the boards I need rom it to Etrusian boards. Then I will destroy Pern as you have asked. And ignore that it says Pern might come back in the intro, it wont. I assure you. (NT) -- Kitty now, no longer Benden as that is apparently illegal., 20:18:36 06/29/02 Sat
      - Believe me, the last thing I want to do is destroy Pern...I've just thought about this for a long time, and tried to do what I thought was the best thing I could do...*whimpers* Please don't be mad at me! Anyone...you can't know how long I debated over this, wondering if saying something was right or not. So please don't... (NT) -- Cana, 21:15:14 06/29/02 Sat
        *becomes the big green monster with only one goal in life...To eat people* (NT) -- Jenna, 21:54:08 06/29/02 Sat
        How long has this site been running? I had the impression it had been around a while. I read in one of the rules pages for McCaffrey that her rules are fairly recent as to rp groups, and sites older than that are exempt. Which is one reason I didn't say anything before. Another is that I figured somebody probably already had permission. (NT) -- Marithura's & Marthur's Player, 22:08:10 06/29/02 Sat
        It's been in existance nearly two years now. (NT) -- Igen... no wait, that's copyright.... Sushi, 22:12:32 06/29/02 Sat
- Ahem... -- Benden again, cause I'm happy now... :), 22:20:36 06/29/02 Sat