Thus spake sir darklust: > Correct about Disney. In fact, a few years ago the "Mickey Mouse" law was pas > sed, extending copyright protection because Mickey Mouse was about to become > public domain. >
This is one of the reasons I recommend making your thoughts known to your government officials. Additionally, the Electronic Frontier Foundation fights for your rights on issues like these, so if you care about things like fair use, you might consider giving them a donation, and including a letter detailing the situation w/r/t board games (becasue they might not know about it). Finally, here's an interesting essay by Lawrence Lessig which appeared in the Wall Street Journal a while back, which addresses a lot of the issues people are discussing here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122367645363324303.html -- J.
