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Re: fright knights,dark forest
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Wed, 31 Mar 1999 20:41:57 GMT
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On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 04:49:35 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following
profundities...
> In lugnet.build, lighthouse@bonzai.net (Janet Zorn) writes:
> > jonathan wilson wrote in message ...
> > > kevin lochs site at http://www.kl.net/scans/ does not
> > > have them because kevin has a silly rule about not accepting
> > > nstructions for sets from 1996 or later.
> >
> > You have to remember the copyright laws.
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> I don't think the copyright laws make age distinctions, do they? (Except
> perhaps for things published prior to 1976(?) and not explicitly marked with
> a copyright notice.)
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> > Kevin is doing the best anyone can do, I think. I think that people
> > could actually possibly get in trouble for by copying instructions of
> > sets not yet discontinued by TLG and then sending them, not to mention
> > putting them on a web site.
>
> It's copyright infringement whether the item in question was originally
> published in 1979, 1989, or 1999, right? The practical issue really is
> whether or not TLG has a problem with it and wants to seek an injunction.
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> The guidelines TLG has set forth in their "Fair Play" document do permit the
> display of "limited extracts" of TLG publications on fan-created websites --
> subject to certain restrictions -- but TLG has (curiously) left the
> interpretation of "limited extracts" up to the world at large, not having
> given a variety of examples of correct and incorrect usage.
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> --Todd
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> p.s. Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, nor can I speak for TLG's policies.
But, unfortunately (re Suzanne's negative experiences), can
impart wisdom to us, for which we are always grateful.
Does that make sense? It is a compliment! :o)
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