(TFT) Re: TFT copyrights

[WarPlayer@aol.com]

>In short, game mechanics and terms aren't protected by copyright -- just the
>exact written text & pictures of a game-related work.

     This may be the letter of the law, but I doubt it would hold up 
against a well financed legal team.  If it would, then Wizards of the 
Coast would not have won their copyright battle against several CCG 
publishers, and it seems from all that I have read that they have won the 
battle.


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                     WarPlayer@aol.com
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