I Sed:
>I have always been of the opinion that The 4.5th Frontier War was
>unpublishable, as it draws background, inspiration, situations, and even
>characters lock stock and barrel from other stories.
Nick Sez:
}If drawing inspiration, situations, background, etc. from a variety of
}situations made something unpublishable, then I wonder how many books
}are "unpublishable." Particularly in some genres of writing, there can
}be substantial borrowing (you just can't make things too similar...)...
Yeah, well George Harrison got his pants sued off for 'My Sweet Lord'
which sounds Nothing like 'He's So Fine'. :-P
}Whether the TML is public or private in a legal sense is a very good
}question. As a limited subscriber list (albeit one that anyone can
}join), I would as a personal guess say that it is private, at least in
}comparison to other "media."
In my opinion, ignorant of the laws as I am, I would guess we would be
safer if the TML were defined as "private". At least from a legal
point of view. That way we sidestep a bunch of possible legal
tripwires, and we as individuals are responsible for our writing,
with no possible blame going where it doesn't belong.
(TML Admin. Hi James!)
>Nick? *********** H E L P !!!! ************ :-)
}Hey, don't look at me, I'm still only a law student! :->
Yeah, I know, but yer the only lawyer type I know! :-)
You ambulance chaser you! :-)
}At least you could always
}use the "pure heart, empty head" defense. :->
Well, I dunno 'bout the first part applying to me, but I'll bet a
bunch of people 'round here would testify to the latter! :-)
2G Scott
"But the point of a gun was the only law
Liberty understood.
When it came to shootin' straight an' fast
A law book was no good...."