Hi, Thx for all the response. I generally support that you should pay for a game unless the designer/owner og copyright gives it free. So, will B-17 ever get reprinted? I guess not, and that's sad - any way to find out who owns the copyright at the moment?
I found Blackbeard on GMT's P-500 list, and am going to order it. As soon as I stumble across a copy of B-17 on eBay I am going for it as well. Brillaint game, managed to run a couple of missions using Vassal. Per On 26/12/06, Gregory Courter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Both of these games are old Avalon Hill games. For the most part they > gave the copyrights back to the creators. I don't know about B-17 but > Blackbeard is being "P-500"ed by GMT. I.e. it's been remodeled and they > are looking to sell the new version. You'd probably have to check with > GMT or Richard Berg to see if they'll allow a VASSAL version. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim Franklin" > To: [email protected] <vassalengine%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [vassalengine] Re: Blackbeard and B-17 > Date: Mon, 25 Dec 2006 23:15:09 +0000 > > njordrson wrote: > > > your question about PDFs brings up an interesting question, > especially > > with regard to VASSAL. When does a game and it's related artwork, > > research, > > and other materials enter the public domain and how can one find > out if > > a game is still copyrighted. Does a reprint or sale of a game to > another > > company mean that the copyright is renewed? > > Copyright lasts until a number of years after the author's death - I > believe currently 70 for most of the Berne Convention signataries, > and > 100 for the US. > > Unless explicitly placed in the public domain by it's author (or > copyright holder, which may not be the same entity), nothing in the > space of wargames, strategy games, Euros, or anything outside of > 'traditional' games is out of copyright or likely to go so any time > soon. > > Regards, > Tim. > > -- > ___________________________________________________ > Search for products and services at: > http://search.mail.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
