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Old 12-06-2017, 10:42 PM   #281
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These are interesting little timelines, but I'm not sure how they fit the thread's topic of "ordinary worlds", particularly when we have other ongoing threads for new reality seeds and weird parallels.
Of course the thing about "ordinary worlds" is almost everything unique about them is going to be the art and handicrafts of the inhabitants by definition. Any physical material not existing on Homeline like the Gallium of Valkyria Chronicles makes the world not ordinary by definition. r Homeline will trade with such "ordinary" worlds just based on comparative advantage of course. Gold, or silk, or marble will be traded for not because they have any special kind, or even that it's cheaper than on Homeline but just because Homeline will have products that will be uniquely valuable over there and therefore overpriced. In my Man From Uncle crossover idea the trader went after the original Doctor Who tapes, but also textiles and gold.

One alternative of course would be extinct species like silphium, passenger pigeons, dinosaur meat even.
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Old 12-06-2017, 11:49 PM   #282
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A missing A-bomb in 1945 would cause the greatest search & investigation in the history of man -- really modifying the timeline.

This could be fun.
Considering the number of American and Soviet nuclear weapons that have been lost and were not recoverable there are easier ways to find a nuke.
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Old 12-07-2017, 12:36 AM   #283
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Hmm, I wonder if producing copyrighted products in other worlds is a legal work around?
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Old 12-07-2017, 12:34 PM   #284
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Or maybe it's that the works are already identical on the other world, but the copyrights expired. Maybe Star Wars flopped and so the copyright expired. If you bring it to homeline, you could point out that it's clearly not the same film and sell merchandise based off it. And yes, there would be a lawsuit, but by then you're on to your next scam.
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Old 12-07-2017, 12:39 PM   #285
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Or maybe it's that the works are already identical on the other world, but the copyrights expired. Maybe Star Wars flopped and so the copyright expired. If you bring it to homeline, you could point out that it's clearly not the same film and sell merchandise based off it. And yes, there would be a lawsuit, but by then you're on to your next scam.
Homeline gives the copyrights to any work by an alternate of a Homeline inhabitant to the original or their estate so there's no work around there even if the Star Wars you import is the one where the hero is Luke Starkiller and the "star destroyers" are one man fighters. Of course there are a lot of works that are from people who have been dead too long to have any copyright protection.
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Old 12-07-2017, 12:51 PM   #286
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On the other hand, if you are a noted author on homeline, its worth your time to send agents to scour the quanta for works you have the copyright for and are ripe fruit ready to fall into your lap.
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Old 12-07-2017, 01:50 PM   #287
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What would be an interesting conflict is if a failed Homeline writer is successful in another timeline, and people decide to import his or her alternates successful writing. Does the failed writer deserve to benefit from the hard work of their alternative without lifting a finger? Or does the alternative deserve recognition and reward for having done the hard work? In the latter case, you do not even need to share the Secret, you just need to import the published books rather than stealing the finished stories.
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Old 12-07-2017, 02:03 PM   #288
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Already answered. From IW36:
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In many nations, Infinity is required to pay royalties to the inventor’s (or corporation’s) Homeline “twin” or his heirs... Similar rulings apply to art, literature, and other cultural goods imported from other worlds and sold on Homeline by Infinity or its licensors.
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Old 12-07-2017, 02:06 PM   #289
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What would be an interesting conflict is if a failed Homeline writer is successful in another timeline, and people decide to import his or her alternates successful writing. Does the failed writer deserve to benefit from the hard work of their alternative without lifting a finger? Or does the alternative deserve recognition and reward for having done the hard work? In the latter case, you do not even need to share the Secret, you just need to import the published books rather than stealing the finished stories.
Another lovely mess might be a Homeline writer and his alternates sell the rights to slightly different versions of the work to different publishers or studios, both of which have Homeline analogs. Or collaborates with different writers. Or makes the film with different actors. This policy actually doesn't solve as much controversy as it looks like it does.
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Old 12-07-2017, 03:42 PM   #290
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Another complication could occur if the Homeline author decides that their alternatives deserve a piece of the pie (or otherwise decides that they are legitimate human beings that deserve autonomy and respect). Or if the widow of a Homeline author (who would be the legal heir) decides that she wants her husband back (and decides that the successful alternative is good enough).
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