Re: [ADMIN] Copyright issues

From: Ebon Mists (mud@quake.cloudnet.com)
Date: 10/16/96


> 
> Greetings,
>    It has recently come to my attention that a disgruntled
> former Imp of Phoenix mud has released our full distribution
> to the public.  I found this out in a rather rude fashion
> when I came across one of my areas, which is copyrighted,
> on another mud.

Just so you know, you cannoy copyright something just by placing a Copyright
blah blah on it. Unless you went through the proper legal channels, your
area is not copyrighted.

>    There is not much I can do in this situation without having
> to go to court over this, so I am appealing to all of the
> imps and admins out there to respect other people's work
> and the copyrights associated with them.

Like I said before. I woudlnt waste your time with court.

Hades, I'm no lawyer but I do know a bit about copyright laws.
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