Re: War of the Ring

From: "Nic Haynes" <cakey_pig@lineone.net>

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

Okay...again, thanks for your input!

Nic
MindShift Design wrote in message ...
>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
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Sun, 22 Nov 1998 00:00:00 +0000
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>
Sun, 29 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
"MindShift Design" <mindshift@usa.net>
Sun, 29 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