Re: War of the Ring

From: "MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net>

Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Carol Mulholland wrote in message ...
>I think that it's illegal to use somebody else's material without their
>permission, whether or not this is done for gain.

Carol's right. Whether or not they put a message at the end of the work with
the message 'All rights reserved' they own the copyright to the material and
they can prohibit or restrict usage of any material they produce.

Generally under international copyright law, as soon as something is
written/created , it is automatically copyrighted to the author/authoring
entity in the format it is written and formatted in and has all the
international rights reserved to that copyright- meaning that you can't use
the material in any way without asking permission.

Just because a company doesn't stop you using its materials (like TSR &
AD&D) for fun among your friends doesn't mean it's given up it's rights to
the product. With a little freedom of speech, they shift more product.

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. If you don't then you have to include the full
copyright details of the piece you are referencing. This applies to all
text/picture work whether digitally or mechanically produced.

Regards

Jason Paul McCartan
MindShift Design
Game Developers
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References

Re: War of the Ring
"Nic Haynes" <cakey_pig@lineone.net>
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
"Nic Haynes" <cakey_pig@lineone.net>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
"The Neville's" <neville@lankaster.com>
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

Re: War of the Ring
"Nic Haynes" <cakey_pig@lineone.net>
Wed, 25 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
"Nic Haynes" <cakey_pig@lineone.net>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sat, 28 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
"The Neville's" <neville@lankaster.com>
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
Carol Mulholland <Flagship@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Sun, 29 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: War of the Ring
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000