Re: Raymond.E.Fiest Pbem

From: "Craig R. Konecnik" <c.konecnik@worldnet.att.net>

Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Just like patents, it doesn't take much to get around a copyright...
especially with such a generic-type genre book, just change some names.

Second, what would be the point of taking someone running a non-commercial
game to court? You can't sue them for the turn fees, since there are none...
and most people in this life are just getting by financially, so you
couldn't expect much in the way of punitive damages... a lot of red tape to
go through just to get them to cease and desist. And then, one of the
players would just pick up running the same campaign(sp?), and you'd have to
go through it all agian.

Though I do NOT support "stealing" other people's idea... it's not the
originality of a game that makes it good or not, it's the quality of
gameplay and moderation. The best and most original story in no way
guarentees a good game... like-wise, it's not unusual for someone to take
ideas that have been used a million times (and often very poorly) and make
them into a great game... for example, Baldur's Gate.

References

Re: Raymond.E.Fiest Pbem
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Raymond.E.Fiest Pbem
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: Raymond.E.Fiest Pbem
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: Raymond.E.Fiest Pbem
"Steve Pritchard" <steve@spelbind.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 07 Jun 1999 00:00:00 +0000