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Date: Thu, 28 Jul 94 17:28:59 -0400
From: TSRInc@aol.com
To: postmaster@rigel.cs.pdx.edu
Subject: TSR Copyrighted Material
SYSTEM ADMINISTRATOR:
Your site was recently included in a list of noted FTP sites for DUNGEONS AND
DRAGONS and ADVANCED DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS gaming material. You should be
aware that DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS and all related marks and properties are
copyrighted by TSR, Inc. of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
You should also be aware that any items created without a specific license
are infringements of TSR copyrights. Such items include (but are not
limited to) any software, net.books, modules, tables, stories, or rules
modifications which contain elements from our copyrighted properties,
including characters, settings, realm names, noted magic items, spells,
elements of the gaming system, such as ARMOR CLASS, HIT DICE, and so forth.
To date, TSR has not licensed any of these net publications.
On behalf of TSR, Inc. I ask that you examine your public net sites at this
time and remove any material which infringes on TSR copyrights.
Our intention is to find a way to license these and future creative efforts.
In the meantime, remove them from your sites without delay.
To clarify reasoning for this request, I recently posted the following policy
statement to rec.games.frp.dnd:
> As we have begun to explore the online community in depth, we've found many
> avid gamers and fans. We're interested in providing you with the best in
> gaming products that meet our own standards of quality, as well as suiting
> your needs and interests. We know that many gamers develop campaigns and
> other materials entirely for their own use. We think this is great!
> However, when gamers begin sharing their creations with the public, whether
> for profit or not, they are infringing our rights. If we don't make an
> earnest attempt to prevent this infringement of our trademarks and
> copyrights, our ownership of these extremely valuable assets may be
> jeopardized.
>
> A gamer in this situation has a few options. He can strip every TSR
> trademark and all copyright from his creations before putting them in
> public
> (i.e. "genericize" the adventure). Or he can share his creations with the
> public in a way that is licensed and approved by TSR. This is the more
> desirable solution, as it protects our rights, and still leaves room for
> gamers to share their creative expressions.
>
> Sometime very soon, we're going to create a place where gamers can legally
> upload and share their creations, including modules, stories and software.
> At
> that time, I'd be happy to work with you to give your product a base to
> work
> from. We are definitely interested in fostering goodwill among customers,
> and we'd like to see our upcoming effort as a pilot project. Eventually,
> we
> want gamers to be able to turn to TSR in cyberspace as easily as they do in
> a
> hobby store.
Please feel free to contact me with comments or questions. I will refer any
pertinent queries to our legal department as soon as I receive them.
Rob Repp | InterNet: tsrinc@aol.com
Manager, Digital Projects Group | InterNet: mobius@mercury.mcs.com
TSR, Inc. | CompuServe: 76217,761
__________________________________ | GEnie: TSR.Online AOL: TSR Inc
All opinions are my own, not TSR's | 414-248-3625 Fax 414-248-0389
> From daemon Tue Sep 20 16:55 GMT 1994
> Message-Id: <m0qn8RL-000BaNC@mercury.mcs.com>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 11:53:57 -0500
> To: fred@LOKI.CC.PDX.EDU
> From: mobius@Mercury.mcs.com (Rob Repp)
> Subject: jove.cs.pdx.edu
> Cc: JANAKA@EE.PDX.EDU
>
> Mr. Fred Dayton
> cc: Mr. Janaka Jayawardena
> Portland State University
>
>
> Mr. Dayton,
>
> My name is Robert Repp. I work for TSR, Inc., makers of DUNGEONS AND
> DRAGONS products. In the course of looking through the public FTP site at
> Portland State, I came across a directory pub\frp\*. This directory appears
> to contain an older mirror of the MPGNet FTP site. Contained within this
> directory are several files which contain trademarks and copyrights owned
> by TSR, Inc.
>
> Among these files are several PLAYER'S HANDBOOK entries reproduced in their
> entrirety, several net.books which contain TSR copyrights and trademarks,
> and properties owned by several other publishers.
>
> While I cannot speak for other companies, on behalf of TSR, Inc. I must ask
> you to remove all of these files from your site. They infringe on TSR
> copyrights and trademarks, and should not be published from your site. We
> have licensed MPGNet's FTP site at ftp.mpgn.com to be the sole carrier of
> TSR trademarks and copyrights on the Internet at this time. If you wish to
> contact them regarding moving your collection to their site, please email
> David Brooks (dbj@mpgn.com) for information.
>
> Please feel free to contact me at any of the addresses listed below, or by
> voice from 9am to 5pm CST. I will gladly try to answer any questions you
> may have regarding this matter.
>
>
>
> Rob Repp | InterNet: tsrinc@aol.com
> Manager, Digital Projects Group | InterNet: mobius@mercury.mcs.com
> TSR, Inc. | CompuServe: 76217,761
> __________________________________ | GEnie: TSR.Online AOL: TSR Inc
> All opinions are my own, not TSR's | 414-248-3625 Fax 414-248-0389
>
>
- - ------- End Append: Thu Sep 29 02:35:18 PM 94 -
- - --------- Appended: Thu Sep 29 02:35:59 PM 94 -
- --------Date: Thu, 29 Sep 1994 13:33:53 -0500
From: mobius@mercury.mcs.com
To: cat@ee.pdx.edu
Cc: cat@ee.pdx.edu, fred@loki.cc.pdx.edu
Subject: jove.cs.pdx.edu
Anthony Fiarito
cc: Janaka Jayawardena
Fred Dayton
Constance Lindman, TSR Legal Dept.
Mr. Fiarito
I connected to jove.cs.pdx.edu today, and was dismayed to find that your
administrative staff has still not removed several files which infringe on
TSR trademarks and copyrights. Further, I found a notice (see below) which
states the administrator's intention to keep and disseminate several of
these files. I must warn you that these files clearly contain
infringements, and that they cannot lawfully be published from your site.
For your convenience, I have listed several sample files which infringe on
TSR copyrights and trademarks. This is not a complete list, but rather
meant to give you some idea of the material in question. Also, your site
appears to be mirroring a European site which is carrying several
questionalble files. I will direct an appropriate note that site's
administrator. In the meantime, you should be aware that these files remain
problematic, regardless of their country of origin. Republishing foreign
files doesn't abbrogate the need to comply with domestic regulations.
I remind you that we have licensed a site to carry TSR trademarks and
copyrights on the Internet (ftp.mpgn.edu). If you wish to keep your
collection intact and public, I suggest that you email Rob Miracle at
rwm@mpgn.com and make arrangements to transfer your holdings en masse.
Otherwise, they should be made inaccessable to the public.
I am in anticipation of your prompt reply.
Rob Repp | InterNet: tsrinc@aol.com
Manager, Digital Projects Group | InterNet: mobius@mercury.mcs.com
TSR, Inc. | CompuServe: 76217,761
__________________________________ | GEnie: TSR.Online AOL: TSR Inc
All opinions are my own, not TSR's | 414-248-3625 Fax 414-248-0389
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