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I am now really concerned as the makers of monopoly haven't yet got back in touch about the copyright issues so i feel like I'm in a bit of a rut and don't know what i should do whilst I'm waiting. Also the author has ended up doubling the amount of chapters there was supposed to be initially. It was originally 12 chapters and it's now 25. He has said that he is going to postpone the deadline due to the workload and the wait on the copyright matter.