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- From: goodman@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Marc Goodman)
- Subject: Re: Bilestoad
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- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 19:44:36 GMT
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- ejohnson@sparc3.cs.uiuc.edu (Eric E Johnson) writes:
- >When I talked with Marc via email, he said that there were only about
- >1600 copies sold. But, I would be willing to bet that there were over
- >20,000 copies out there. I know, I had one of them. I felt so guilty
- >about it, that I sent him a check for pirating the game. I suggest
- >others do the same.
-
- I agree :). The address is:
- Marc Goodman
- 12 Hammond St.
- Waltham, MA 02154
-
- >>As for the maps, unless they were published in the manual (which I rather
- >>doubt), then they are the creations of whomever compiled them, and they
- >>do have the right to post them. What good are the maps without the game?
-
- The maps weren't published in the manual. If people want to
- distribute the maps, that would be OK with me. My only problem with
- this is that the balance of the game depends on actually learning
- where the various disks are located, and if you have a set of maps to
- start with, that makes it too easy.
-
- Other stuff: I'm considering sharewareing The Bilestoad. I haven't
- decided positively yet, because I need to make sure my rights in the
- new version aren't compromised. Also, frankly, the old version looks
- kind of crusty and dinosaur-like to me. In still other news, it looks
- like I'm probably going to have to take Softdisk to court to get any
- money out of them. My position looks pretty clear though, my contract
- with Datamost was pretty specific about the rights reverting to me
- before they ``sold'' the rights to Softdisk...
-
- For all you aspiring game writers out there, register your copyrights.
- It turns out that if a copyright isn't registered, you can sue for
- damages, but that's it. If a copyright is registered, however, you
- can sue for damages PLUS statuatory damages (which could be as much as
- 10-20K), PLUS legal fees... And no, the copyright on The Bilestoad
- was never registered *sigh*.
-
- -Marc
-