RE: [Ogf-l] If Thoughts Could Kill - Illithid reference violation?

[John Kim]

On Fri, 11 Jan 2002, Ryan S. Dancey wrote:
> Unapproved use of the term is a copyright infringement under the theory
> of character copyright.  "Illithid" is one of the unique aspects of D&D
> that was not lifted from PD stuff.  It has the same legal status as
> "Jedi" or "Wookie".

        Well, but I can legally use mind flayers in my adventure --
right??  The concept of character copyright is that there exists a 
large set of creative work which goes into creating a character, not 
just a name.  For example, I could infringe upon Lucas' copyright 
of Jedi knights even if I didn't use the term "Jedi".  

- John

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