This is an important distinction in copyright, especially when it comes to 3D printing, because it basically means people can create their own boards and pieces now (eg., see the Settlers of Catan board project on Kickstarter).
Alex --- Alexander Leavitt PhD Student USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism http://alexleavitt.com Twitter: @alexleavitt On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Rob Myers <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/01/12 20:54, Greg Grossmeier wrote: > > <quote name="Rob Myers" date="2012-01-09" time="20:34:53 +0000"> > >> And you can't copyright game rules anyway (which was kind of a > >> dirty secret about the OGL...). > > > > Citation? I was wondering about that. I have spent a lot of time > > thinking about copyrightability over the years w.r.t. medical > > images/drawings, but never about game rules. That is an intriguing > > thought process. > > http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl108.html > > http://www.godsmonsters.com/Features/copyright-game-rules/ > > > http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/19590090/Copyright,_Game_Rules,_and_GSL > > - Rob. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss >
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