Thread:Doctor Ibrahim/@comment-28144855-20160820192939/@comment-28358106-20160822115755

I used to work with a guy as an editor for a publishing company. We were working on a collaborative effort, and then he didn't want to any more, just stopped suddenly. He became secretive and dodged a lot of social contact. After a time, a colleague notified me that he had published a novel, it had just been copyrighted as his and was going to press. After I found out what it was, I tried to sue him.

I didn't have a leg to stand on, because the only proof I had was that we had worked on a mutual story, and he claimed I gave him the rights to publish. He changed character names and a few details, and simply took it, and took all the credit, and made money from it. I lost the case and quit my job there.

In other instances, I've had people steal character designs, ask me to do art and not pay for it, etc. That's why I won't do Deviantart and I very very rarely do art for anyone else by request.

I simply have to accept that I know that my stuff is good, and trust again that nobody will take it. It's a risk, but one I'm willing to take.