Re: War of the Ring

From: craigld@my-dejanews.com

Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0000

In article <73um53$laj@news3.newsguy.com>,
  lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl) wrote:
> > Even in publishing if you were to reference more than two or three words of
> > a product, you have to put 'used by kind permission of ....' AFTER asking if
> > you can use their material.
>
> Not in the US. As David pointed out, fair use is far broader in the
> US. In fact, any 4-word phrase is likely to have appeared in another
> copyrighted work (ahem.) It's common for publishers to lie and claim
> more rights than they actually have.

However, 'fair use' is intended for educational or critical purposes.  It is
not  broad enough to allow one to create a commercial game based on a novel
without permission.  Even free games would be dodgy, as they could
theoretically be considered to be interfering with the marketability of a
commercial licence.

Most authors may not care, but its at least polite to ask.

Craig

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References

Re: War of the Ring
"MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net>
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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Re: War of the Ring
"MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net>
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000