On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Ebon Mists wrote: > > > > 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. correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that an incorrect statement? From what I have heard in the past, a free copyright for the period of four years was available, after that time then you had to purchase one. > > 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. > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | > | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ > +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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