Lenze, Troy, (DC-Cap) wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > From: lizard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 1:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] If Thoughts Could Kill - > Illithid reference violatio n? > > Lenze, Troy, (DC-Cap) wrote: > > > Hmm... For some reason I've always avoided those > movies... :-) Seriously, > > though, I haven't seen it. > > > > As for ripping of Lovecraft, well, a lot of, or all of, > his material is > > public domain now. > > > No, it isn't. Not one word of it is. Lovecraft died in 1939? > 1949? > Either way, material does not become public domain > until...well, > technically, it's 75 years from the death of the author > currently, but, > in reality, NO material will EVER enter the public domain > again, unless > explicitly placed there by the creator. Public domain, for > all practical > purposes, no longer exists for any material which is not > already there. > > Well, I'll cite my source then, because I'm just regurgitating what I've > been told. (I'm a product of the US school system, can't you tell?) I got > my info from the last post on this forum: > http://boards.wizards.com/community/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic&f=266&t=000 > 007
Hmm. Interesting. I suppose it's possible, but I wouldn't chance it. In any event, the trademarks are locked down so tight that the actual copyright issues are likely to be null. (Example:The earliest Tarzan and John Carter novels are public domain, but no one can use them as the basis for a game, movie, etc, due to trademark issues.) _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
