Re:Re: (TFT) First edition Melee on eBay

["Mark Haynes" <mark@ccountry.net>]

>Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2000 17:31:45 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com>
>Subject: Re: (TFT) First edition Melee on eBay
>
."Dave Seagraves" <dseagraves@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>    (Last year SJG republished /all/ of the cardboard heroes they ever
>> published (as stand-alone products) into one book for about $20.  One of
my
>> players bought it for me as a present.  I ran off a copy on a color
copier,
>> then archived away the original and cut up the copy for play.  Worked out
>> really well.)
>>    (Yes Virginia, I know the U.S. has a law against that.  Let's have a
chat
>> about the TWA Flight 800 cover-up, shall we?)
>
>Actually, that's clearly covered under the "fair use" clauses in
>copyright law.  You own the book?  Copy away as long as it's for your
>own use.
>

Uh, don't think so on that one.  Were SJG to take you to suit on this one,
they'd most likely win, like they did against the Secret Service.
Check here:
http://www.albany.edu/~ls973/copy.html

http://www.cetus.org/fair5.html

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Basically, your "fair use" directly impacts the sales of The Cardboard
Heros, because you aren't buying the 30 you'd like to have, just 1 and
making 29 copies.

Personally, I wouldn't "confess" to the "crime" in a public forum, but I
really doubt that you would ever be prosecuted for this.

>> Anyone have
>> these and willing to loan them out for a short time?  Then I can print
out
>> new ones for my own use and send the graphics files to anyone who passes
the
>> rulebook test (sounds like a good thing for the TFT Library to have).
>
>I have quite a few, and most of the MQs are unpunched.  I won't loan 'em
>out, but I will scan 'em for you if you let me know what res you want
>them at.


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