Re: Co-designer wanted: Beavis & Butthead Adventure


Fri, 20 Oct 1995 11:47:54 -0400

teicher@limburg.mch.sni.de (Thomas Eicher) writes:
> Neil K. Guy (nkg@fun.direct.ca) wrote:
> : : So, while, yes, MTV(or whoever) COULD sue the writer(s) of a Beavis
> : : and Butthead IF, but they'd be morons to.
> : Dangerous thinking. The world is populated by large slavering hordes
> : of morons, many with money. Sure, it's unlikely that you'll get sued.
>
> You can't get sued as long as you publish your little games as
> public domain. IMHO, that is.
>
> If you _sell_ it or make it shareware, you are basically making money
> off MTV's copyright and can get sued.

As far as I know, this is wrong. Copyright law has never been about
whether you made money off your copy; it's about the right to make
copies, per se.

--Z

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