I've done some pretty extensive research into the topic, and virtually all Lovecraft material is indeed public domain. The Arkham House claim is understandable, but erroneous. (Meaning that I don't blame them for trying.)
Monte ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bryant Durrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 3:05 PM Subject: Re: [Ogf-l] Recreating one of the deleted monsters (Kuo-Toa) > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:52:56PM -0500, Steve Peterson wrote: > > > > In a follow up to this, anyone know if Deep Ones from Lovecraft are in the > > public domain yet? They'd be the ideal replacement IMO. > > Lesse... > > http://www.ech-pi-el.com/lovecraft/copyrights.htm makes the claim > that most if not all of Lovecraft is in the public domain, with some > supporting evidence. Heh, and this question went across this list > a little over a year ago: > > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/pipermail/ogf-l/2002-January/000191.htm l > > Arkham House still claims copyright, however. > > -- > Bryant Durrell [] http://www.innocence.com/~durrell [] 9/11/2001 > [--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -] > "Perfectionism is the enemy of creation, as extreme self-solicitude is > the enemy of well-being." -- John Updike > _______________________________________________ > Ogf-l mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
