Well, I have had an offer I could not refuse. I cliché statement from one that hates all that is cliché. But from time to time we need to take what is in front of us, before the opportunity fizzles. So, what pray tell is this offer I have received? Well, THE SCREW Magazine has been purchased, with all titles, articles, logos and other assets to… (WAIT FOR IT)…

The................ WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT

I know, I know… sounds like a scam, but here is a scanned copy of the letter I received on Monday, March 29th, 2010.

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So, what does all that mean? Well, preliminary conference calls have settled on the following items, in principle:

  • 1) All material on the wewa.org servers is to be transferred immediately and becomes the property of the WWE. I may not claim credit for creating nor writing any of the past 32 issues and can no longer claim any association with THE SCREW.
  • 2) Purchase price to be around $30,000 US Dollars.
  • 3) The name “Sally Screw” will also become property of the WWE and I can no longer commercially nor privately use this persona nor refer to previous content either.
  • 4) There are more, standard clauses I will be made aware of before the purchase contract is finalized but most are common clauses for all “intellectual property” sales

    Thou contacted by the Toronto office, I will be flying down to Minneapolis, MN in the United States this weekend to meet with a contract consultant where all the paperwork will be signed. All these “items in principle” will be formalized in contract terms and written out.

    When I asked them why they wanted to purchase THE SCREW, I was given a bit of a runaround. But after asking a few times more in the course of our conversations, a man from one of the multi-person conference calls, informed me that they were going to be putting out a direct-to-DVD film called “The Turn of The Screw” And in the course of intellectual research they came across my little magazine. And since THE SCREW is “published” via the Internet it qualifies the same as if I had it printed out in paper form, thus, I, Sally, own the rights to the name “THE SCREW”. So, long story short, rather than have me cause an infringement case or from having my magazine profit from their DVD, they decided that buying my magazine was their best and fastest option.

    Sounds reasonable. After all $30,000 is probably a lot less than the lawyer fees, travel costs and trying to buy me out later would have cost. Plus it’s probably less than John Cena’s monthly shoe budget.

    So, with the money, added to what I already make at my regular job and my accumulated vacation time means I’ll be taking a rather long leave of absence. Chances are I will not be back to the e-fedding world. After travelling Europe for a couple months, I doubt I’ll have any interest in any hobby where I sit for long periods of time.

    So, This is my final issue under my control because chances are, all they’ll do is dump it on the scrap heap once they have control over it. Chances are greater, that this issue will only be around for a few days, before the entire Screw Library is wiped away, never to see the light of day again. So, since this “IS” the last time THE SCREW will be out I’m going to be spilling the beans on everything in the next few articles! So, without further adieu… let’s get controversial.

    Enjoy!