Ah okay, I wasn't aware of the vetting process, but that stands to reason. Looks like my analogy is imperfect, but I still don't think this will affect most of fandom too much because most authors/filmmakers would not consent to having things like this done with their work.

The problem for me has never been that Amazon is offering to let people play in existing works. It's that they're taking advantage of people that don't know better.

Well yeah, shifty dealings are never good. I didn't look at the contract myself, but Erulisse seems to agree with you here.

(OMG he's 88? Guess he would be getting on now, wouldn't he? I always picture some gent of about 60, which makes no sense now that I think about it..)