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April 04, 2008

Important!

We've received a message from Terry Pratchett's agent Colin Smythe asking that the Discworld badges be removed.

They're lovely badges and they were made for a good cause, but Terry Pratchett has no wish for his Discworld characters to be used for advertising of any kind.

They will be dropped from this website ASAP, of course. The idea of the Match It For Pratchett campaign is to raise money for Alzheimer's research in honour of Terry, not to create problems for him or to use his intellectual property in ways that he doesn't want.

I hope that everyone who has supported this campaign so enthusiastically will show respect and support for Terry Pratchett by cooperating.

Posted by Cadigan at 12:50 PM |

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oh pooh but totally understandable - any chance you can make the tshirt image as a badge ?

Posted by: anam | April 04, 2008 at 05:08 PM

Ouch. :-(

Posted by: Sue | April 04, 2008 at 07:29 PM

I removed them and replaced them with the t-shirt image. Is that okay?

Posted by: Nymeth | April 04, 2008 at 11:40 PM

Anam: I myself can't, because I don't know how to do these things. Perhaps Chris can when he has time--right now he's dealing with some urgent family matters and can't tend to the website.

Sue: I know, but I understand why Terry would not want his characters to be used for advertising. He's a good guy and he has already made a generous contribution.

Nymeth: As far as I know, that's OK. But stay tuned.

Posted by: Cadigan | April 07, 2008 at 02:05 AM

Bummer. But of course, I can understand his position. I'll remove mine.

Posted by: pixelfish | April 09, 2008 at 12:02 AM

oohh bummer - but Terry's wish is my command ;) Removed.

Posted by: M | April 09, 2008 at 04:07 AM

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