Re: (2223) Re: Striker (2216)
In reply to #2223 Re: Striker (2216)
Cites: #2223, #2216
Operating System: HP-UX A.B7.00 U Organization: AT&T-BL, Red Hill System Administration Group (HRSAG) Location: HR 2C119 Phone: [phone removed] Return-receipt: X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL5] *| *| In TML biweekly V14#18, message 2216, Mark Cook [email removed] writes: *| > > 3. If not, is it still illegal for me to photocopy the game, or *| > > parts of it, and send them to the person who requested it? *| > Yes, but that's never stopped me. :-) *| *| I'm *not a lawyer*, and thus you *shouldn't believe me*, but as I understand *| the copyright law, it is perfectly legal to make a copy for personal use of *| a work which is (1) out-of-print, and (2) unavailable at a reasonable *| price. Thus, if you (Adrian) can't find a copy of the Striker rules at one *| of the places suggested on the list, you shouldn't feel guilty about copying *| it. *| *| Somebody should just try to get GDW's permission to photocopy the thing -- *| if they don't plan ever to publish it again, why should they mind? (Oh, I'm *| sure you creative souls will all think of good reasons -- it's just a *| rhetorical question :-). *| HA! Are you kidding? GDW hasn't struck me as being too cooperative about much of anything! When I asked them about publishing SHAREWARE for Traveller and MegaTraveller they gave me the knee jerk reaction of "The Traveller and MegaTraveller names are protected by copyright and remain the property of GDW..." I tried to explain to them I wasn't trying to STEAL anything but.... - - -- Peter L. Berghold | TELEPHONE: [phone removed] - - ------------------+--------------------------------------------------- EMAIL ADDRESSES: BIX - PETEB COMPU$ERVE - 70152,3017 FAX [phone removed] DELPHI - BERGHOLD GENIE - PBERGHOLD