: I think it is one thing to engage with fans, and link and share their
: creations from your website and elsewhere. That is great, and it's
: wonderful. Waypoint used to link to HSH and say "Check out what the
: speedrunners are doing!". That's cool stuff.

: I think it is another thing to ask him to give it to you for free, to then
: put it in things you will sell and directly make money off of yourself.
: Unless these books and encyclopedias are being given away for free, and
: otherwise aren't promotional.

: I see this happening a lot lately, and I'm a bit disappointed 343 is doing
: this.

: Sorry to go off topic, but I wanted to bring it up to TDSpiral. If you give
: them that written permission for them to profit off your work, you are
: letting them exploit you. Value yourself and your art.

I mostly agree, but I really don't know why you're presuming to know what the terms are. (I say mostly because it's Halo material in the first place and uses someone else's likeness.)