According to the Mittani, CCP is backing his book regarding his alliance evicting test. He has posted that CCP is supporting and backing this project.

I am curious if this is more than just moral support. From what I see it appears to mostly be that. But it goes beyond that, I would like to know how much support CCP is giving to this player's endeavors.

Here is an example of a quote from the mittani:

"When CCP, Jeff Edwards and The Mittani Media decided to collaborate in writing science fiction thrillers based on the stories created in EVE Online, we knew that this would be only the first of many epic stories we would tell. Combining the remarkable writing talent of Jeff Edwards with the strength and support of CCP Games and The Mittani Media, this book is destined to captivate science fiction, action, suspense, and military fiction fans everywhere."

Licensing for the book to use the EVE Universe IP.

while your on the topic of goons i belive ive read a post where it seems goons capture players ip addresses and try to narrow down who is who and ddos fc's and people when they need to it seems goons are rubbing alot of players up the wrong way also the ganking in hisec the punishments are not enough its crazy that hisec is not as safe as one would think or expect i unsubbed and just wanted to see if it was worth coming back :)

while your on the topic of goons i belive ive read a post where it seems goons capture players ip addresses and try to narrow down who is who and ddos fc's and people when they need to it seems goons are rubbing alot of players up the wrong way also the ganking in hisec the punishments are not enough its crazy that hisec is not as safe as one would think or expect i unsubbed and just wanted to see if it was worth coming back :)

What's worrisome is with the monetization of eve player stories, expressing your opinion of what took place in your personal eve history will open you up to legal action.

How far is this going to go? Will lawyers be patrolling reddit, mmorpg forums demanding moderators take down AARs and commentaries of battles and strategic actions because this or that guy wrote a book that covers what you're talking about?

Will there be copyright infringement actions taking place because eve players go into detail regarding their experiences or their perception of actions that took place?

Hit with libel for contradicting the written words of authors with their own idea of what actually took place?

How far down does this rabbit hole go?

Licensing for the book to use the EVE Universe IP.

CCP owns you and your stories already.

Yes, and so far they've not had a reason to stop us from telling them.

Now with the monetization through books of player stories, will this be the catalyst that initiates active censorship?

Yeah its getting mildly disturbing that people today assume all game IP lore doesn't belong to the developer. They own the EVE world.. to do anything EVE related CCP needs to give you their nod of approval or explicitly state you can play in their proverbial sandbox of dreams.


Also Mittens Gets Kittens.
Oh come on.. admit it Kittens even make putin look soft and cuddly. Grr goons to aww kittens.

CCP can legally do what it wants with its property. That includes spawning and giving certain alliances perks like tech 2 bpos, or supporting their propaganda efforts to promote themselves or their alliances.

But that doesn't mean CCP should do those things. And I think players are within their rights to at least ask what extent ccp is doing this.

Licensing for the book to use the EVE Universe IP.

Licensing for the book to use the EVE Universe IP.

Guess that explains the 150,000 $.

Guess that explains the 150,000 $.

I hear people will spend a year working for nothing and people will publish/print and do all the legal stuff for free.

See the answer above yours. An even larger project (in scope, duration and investment) it's being done for 12,500 $.

See the answer above yours. An even larger project (in scope, duration and investment) it's being done for 12,500 $.

According to the Mittani.com writer, Sion Kumitomo, CCP and the Mittani are partners.

"TheMittani.com in partnership with CCP and best selling author Jeff Edwards is proud to announce that we'll be bringing you the incredible story of the Fountain War."

https://www.themittani.com/news/themittanicom-and-ccp-games-announce-kickstarter-campaign

According to CCP Falcon it appears CCP is only allowing the eve intellectual property rights to be used.

It's unclear who is getting what from this. Are the rest of the profits being split between the mittani and the author?