You have copyrights to the creation as a whole whether it is a whole book or a monster entry or even sentences, but you cannot copyright the following:
Ideas Facts Titles Names Short phrases Blank forms So it would depend largely on what you declared PI to have copyright law kick in and be used to determine if the work is an infringement. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Martinez Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 4:04 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re[3]: [Ogf-l] Independently Designed OGC/PI Clashes Yes, I suppose that would be true for licensees. However, if someone isn't a licensee, then you have recourse under copyright law, no? And by designating product as PI, you're also saying that you're applying your copyright protections to those particular words, concepts and goodies, right? >From: Rogers Cadenhead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re[3]: [Ogf-l] Independently Designed OGC/PI Clashes >Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 16:48:04 -0400 > >On Fri, 27 Jun 2003 19:50:33 +0100, Mike Dymond wrote: > >No, I think you have got it spot on. Once it is PI'ed it is > >protected. If people could claim that they where not aware of the > >product to get away with PI violations then the whole thing falls > >apart. > >It doesn't fall apart at all. Product identity serves a particular and >limited purpose -- it allows one party to indicate material in an >OGL-licensed work that a licensee cannot reuse. It does not extend any >prohibitions whatsoever to anyone who is not a licensee. >-- >Rogers Cadenhead, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 06/27/2003 >Weblog: http://www.cadenhead.org/workbench > > >_______________________________________________ >Ogf-l mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _________________________________________________________________ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
