Re: [Ogf-l] Copyright info pages

[Margaret Vining]

These pages also prove that people will sue for just about anything, but the most enlightening aspects of those cases are the verdicts. As a side note.  This struck me as interesting: "A compilation is defined in s101. It is the assembly of previously existing materials, as in a directory or anthology. The copyrightability of the underlying material is a seperate issue from the copyrightability of the compilation. Compilations only protected by thin copyright. Slight variations on compilation by later authors may be enough to avoid infringement. " This "dictionary effect" intrigues me.  I'm interested (in a car crash sort of way) in seeing what would happen to a scholarly compilation of all the monsters (including stats) that are used in roleplaying games.  I wonder if they could publish their monster dictionary, quote from open and non-open content alike and not be required to use the OGL.  Maggie Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com