I agree with Brian, you don't have the authority to give him permission to make a complete hp copy game. Besides, it's Phil's game, he decides what risks he wants to take. I'm sure he considered all the possibilities. The fact that there are loads of hp fan fiction around isn't exactly a secret. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicol Oosthuizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I'm giving phil the go ahead to create a gamewithharryas character
> > NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice > which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf > > ---- > Brian, you don't sound very convincing. > Its extremely unfair that a south African writer or whoever go ahead and > write a harry potter story. That is theft. He is stealing jk rowling's > ideas. If phil creates a harry potter game he doesn't steal ideas, he is > just putting the books of jk rowling into a game. > IN other words, instead of listening to a film, you interactively > explore an environment with harry as character. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Bryan Peterson > Sent: 09 May 2007 11:47 AM > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] I'm giving phil the go ahead to create a game > withharryas character > > Nichol, that doesn't mean Phil can write a bona fide HP game and not get > > busted. You do not, despite your beliefs, have the authority to give him > > permission. > Bryan and Jennie, the Engaged Audio Gamers. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicol Oosthuizen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2007 12:32 AM > Subject: [Audyssey] I'm giving phil the go ahead to create a game with > harryas character > > >> >> NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice >> which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf >> >> ---- >> Phil, my friend, go ahead and create a game with harry and friends as >> characters if you wish. You don't need to be afraid of getting into > hot >> water for copyright infringement. Let me proof my statement. Someone >> from south Africa went and wrote his own harry potter books using > some >> content of jk rowling. My colleague told me that harry wade his way >> through a rose garden with a sword. The rowling books proofs this > wrong >> as harry only used a sword to kill the basilisk. My sister-in-law told >> me that her friend's kid watched harry potter movies and that > harry's >> friends's names is the names of demons. The harry potter books from jk >> rowling once again proofs this wrong as the weesley children, Neville >> longbottom and hermien was harry's only friends. So this is why I > feel >> so strong about it. If its too much work for you to change the >> character to harry and his friends, then I understand if you prefer > not >> to do it but if you are only afraid to get into hot water, my friend, >> there's no reason to be afraid. You just tell the person that >> approaches you, that someone from south africa commited bigger >> copyright infringement than you for he wrote his own harry potter > story. >> If you prefer not to use harry and friends as characters because of > the >> fact that he is after voldemort's horcruxes, I do understand it, but > the >> point that I just wanted to make is: Phil doesn't need to be afraid of >> getting into hot water because an unknown dood from south africa has >> commited bigger copy right infringement than phil. >> If I find out who did that, I will report him to Joanne rowling. >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org >> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > >> visit >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >> any subscription changes via the web. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
