Ebon Mists wrote: > > > > > Greetings, > > It has recently come to my attention that a disgruntled > > former Imp of Phoenix mud has released our full distribution > > to the public. I found this out in a rather rude fashion > > when I came across one of my areas, which is copyrighted, > > on another mud. > > Just so you know, you cannoy copyright something just by placing a Copyright > blah blah on it. True, but since he created it, he gets an "automatic" intellectual copyright. Labelling it with "CopyRight blah blah" is merely a label to let copyright-violaters know they are breaking a copyright by copying it... one of the criteria for punishing a copyright violation. > Unless you went through the proper legal channels, your > area is not copyrighted. > It does not hold a registered copyright.. there's a difference. He could get a registered copyright, which would only ease prosecution of copyright violaters. > > There is not much I can do in this situation without having > > to go to court over this, so I am appealing to all of the > > imps and admins out there to respect other people's work > > and the copyrights associated with them. > > Like I said before. I woudlnt waste your time with court. > I agree with you there.. prosecuting a copyright infraction can take several years and many thousands of dollars. > Hades, I'm no lawyer but I do know a bit about copyright laws. learn more at: http://www.ladas.com/GUIDES/COMPUTER/Copyright.USA.html -Derek Karnes -- \ | / \ /---------------------\ / -- dkarnes@mystech.com -- -- Serapis, Imp of Dark Pawns -- -- knight.ufp.org 4000 -- -- Open for Beta testing -- / \---------------------/ \ / | \ +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Ensure that you have read the CircleMUD Mailing List FAQ: | | http://cspo.queensu.ca/~fletcher/Circle/list_faq.html | +-----------------------------------------------------------+
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