According to an IP lawyer I've talked to, however, knowing of an infringement can cause problems with recouping damages (from hypothetical "lost sales") if the infringing work is ignored for a long period. Something to do with being a "trap" to skim more money from the infringer.
But I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play on TV. On 1/14/02 7:19 PM, Ryan S. Dancey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote >"What is best for WotC" is to ignore the issue until such time as the >company believes it is in it's interest to take action to protect it's >assets. That day might never come. On the other hand, if, say, >MacFarlane Toys did a deal to make action figures from D&D illustrations >and insisted on using exclusive images, that day might come very >quickly. Since copyright, unlike trademark, does not have to be >defended, WotC can make whatever decisions it wishes about protecting >it's copyrights to illustrations at a time of it's choosing. -- Russ Taylor (http://www.cmc.net/~rtaylor/) "I like the hat." -- Korben Dallas, The Fifth Element _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
