>I am unconvinced that the bulk of fan material is *legally* under any
>meaningful license for reuse. Absent explicit statements, you have to
>assume work is copyrighted.
Actually anything that is taken to print (even electronically) is
automatically copyrighted under US law. You no longer need to place a
statement saying it is copyrighted. That is an old law and is no longer in
effect (but still a useful reminder.) That copyright can be challenged if
someone feels they have had their material taken from them or used without
permission but there are really no if ands or buts about it. Check out the
US Copyright office website and they put it in black and white.
Faustus von Goethe wrote:
> >
> > In short, I think (believe strongly, actually) that a developer that is
> > making a FAN work and does not want to SELL will have a tremendously LARGER
> > body of work to draw from OTHER FAN SITES that say their stuff can be "used
> > but not sold" (a source that is CLOSED to OGL developers) than they EVER
> > WILL from OGL material.
> >
>I am unconvinced that the bulk of fan material is *legally* under any
>meaningful license for reuse. Absent explicit statements, you have to
>assume work is copyrighted.
>
> > However, YOU are dodging the point that the OGL developer *WILL NOT* be
> able
> > to take advantage of the HUGE amount of fan work that will (without
> > question) be available for the FAN developer.
>
>I'll see your "My Complete Booke Of K3wl Munchkinn Stuph" and raise you
>what I can grab from commercial-quality and commerically-released OGL
>product -- or the D20 SRD. I'd rather rip off John Tynes than Joe
>Fanboy. :)
>
>And, given that much material in netbooks (at least several I've seen)
>IS copyrighted material, illegally and unethically 'borrowed', often
>without attribution, it becomes far murkier. At least anything I put
>under the OGL will be forced to have my name on it.
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