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Newsgroups: alt.games.doom,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,alt.cd-rom
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From: reds@ripco.com (Carl J. Elitz)
Subject: Re: WAD AUTHORS - READ THIS - DOOM WAD CD response
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 16:48:56 GMT
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: That's the whole ball of wax! If the .WAD is posted all over the world
: giving it away for free to any and all, then there is no way possible to
: collect from the sales of a CD-ROM which is simply a library of many .WAD's
: that are freeware.
: I would doubt that even if every .WAD author tried to pool their money and
: efforts, they couldn't even get a case into a court or a settlement from
: the CD-ROM author.
Well, I think you are right about MOST wad authors. Some have specifically
licensed their product for non-commercial use, however. I know of one author
who specifically licensed his wad for non-commercial use and stated, in no
uncertain terms, that the wad could not be tranferred to CD. Some people
have tried to be cute and have been saying that the charge the CD Rom
authors make is for the medium only, but I would want to take a look at
their advertising. My guess is that they are not advertising the medium -
which, by the way, is worthless without any files on it. Think about it...
what would you do with a blank CD? Frisbee? Coaster for your favorite
beverage? I think what their charge is for is a fact question and that means
... its JURY time.
: It is just not feasable to do so... no lawyer worth anything would even
: want to bother with the case because it doesn't even hint on any copyright
: violations or ethical missuse of intellectual properties.
Again, take a look at Seth Cohn's pwad - I believe it is called
hockey10.wad. The copyright law is a real pain when it comes to this stuff
because the right to copy these files, IN GENERAL, belongs to the authors
and unless they release these rights, the law WILL protect them in court. No
doubt about it.
Please, Please, Please.... Read the copyright FAQ!!!!!!!!!!! It really is
the best thing on the internet describing the law in this area.
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