[Groop]Question for Mark E.

[Mark Evanier]

On Mon, 17 Feb 2003 16:40:56 -0500 (EST), "Rat"
<lord-of-rats@excite.com> wrote:

>Hi Mark, I bought one of those (not licensed) standing Groo statues a few years ago. Here's the thing.
>I'd like to sell the piece on eBay &amp; donate all the proceeds to the Comic Book Legal Defense
>Fund under your's &amp; Sergio's name.If this is allowed &amp; you have a PayPal account I could
>send you the money so you could see that it get's to CBLDF.I figured that I'd need your's &amp; Sergio's
>permission to even list this thing on eBay so it wouldn't get kicked off. I will pay for all the listing &amp;
>selling fees &amp; the winner would pay for shipping leaving all the proceeds to go to the CBLDF.I'd
>be more than happy to sign a contract if I need to. Please let me know what you think. Thanks,Dan 

ME: I think I'm going to say no.  That statue should not have been
produced, sold or purchased.  I'm not going to confer any legitimacy
on it by saying it's okay if it's for a good cause.

I'm sure your heart's in the right place, but you're presenting an
ethical dilemma for me, and I think I have to say what I said.
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