I guess that the "difference it makes" is that in the first instance, the post wasn't violating the free use clause of copyright law and therefore, there was no grounds for suspending the community. In the second instance there was a violation of copyright law.
PAD admitted himself that he called in the Marvel legal department sight-unseen and complained that the entire issue had been posted, and only went to check for himself after the fact. His ire was fueled by the fact that people discussed his "surprise" ending because he feels that this could affect the sales of his book. I'll leave it up to PAD to decide that fan discussion of his work will cause him to lose sales, but regardless, he misrepresented the situation to the Marvel legal department without bothering to check out the situation first. IMO, that was an incredibly stupid thing to do. I'm sorry that he ended up getting insulted by a rude fool once he did post in the comm, but that is irrelevant to the fact that he misreprsented the situation when he called in the Marvel legal department.
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Date: 2009-02-28 09:00 pm (UTC)PAD admitted himself that he called in the Marvel legal department sight-unseen and complained that the entire issue had been posted, and only went to check for himself after the fact. His ire was fueled by the fact that people discussed his "surprise" ending because he feels that this could affect the sales of his book. I'll leave it up to PAD to decide that fan discussion of his work will cause him to lose sales, but regardless, he misrepresented the situation to the Marvel legal department without bothering to check out the situation first. IMO, that was an incredibly stupid thing to do. I'm sorry that he ended up getting insulted by a rude fool once he did post in the comm, but that is irrelevant to the fact that he misreprsented the situation when he called in the Marvel legal department.