Re: (TFT) Re: TFT copyrights

[Bryant Berggren <voxel@theramp.net>]

At 03:31 PM 7/3/98 -0400, Joe Hartley wrote:
>Which raises a question...  How far does a copyright extend?  If I were
>to come up with a new adventure, whether it be as elaborate as Forest-Lords
>or GrailQuest, or as simple as one of those mini-adventures published in
>Interplay, what would be the copyright infringement if I distributed it?
>
>If the game says that you run into a wizard of ST10, DX10, IQ12 that casts
>a Rope spell at you, is that infringement?

No. Though most gaming companies want you to think it is.

The only way to infringe the copyright is to directly quote significant
passages from the original sources. Singular terms, names, etc. don't qualify.

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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to 
do nothing." -- Edmund Burke (1729-1797)
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