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Doom, id, and copyright issues
Almafeta:
--- Quote from: Gamera on February 09, 2007, 07:54 ---If he contacts them and they don't C&D him they will be giving him de facto permission to use their intellectual property and may lose a court case if they ever need to force him to stop.
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Again, false. Just because someone in the company may have recieved correspondence does not prove the company management or legal team knew about it. Kornel doesn't have that luxury; he knows Doom is © Id, as any look at this forum or the DoomRL website can tell you.
(IANAL, but I'm in a position to lose big if I misunderstand copyright law, which is why I make sure I understand it as best I can ^^; )
Gamera:
Depends on who he contacts really.
MadCoder:
--- Quote from: Gamera on February 09, 2007, 22:41 ---Depends on who he contacts really.
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Even more importantly, who responds, and how the contact is made. A phone call...hard to prove what was said. An email or letter, easier to prove DoomRL is ok for Kornel to make.
Once agin, however, I'm not a lawyer...
TFoN:
--- Quote from: MadCoder on February 08, 2007, 21:31 ---Either way, nobody email id about DoomRL! Don't want the party stopping already!
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Now, this is the kind of thing you should never post, as it could easily seem hostile, either honestly or for purposes of a lawsuit. Either way, apparent secrecy's never taken well in these cases.
MadCoder:
I think that the only thing that would need to be changed is some of the text and maybe the title/intro. Overall its close but not quite doom. And the game isn't really a secret anyway! But I understand your point, and its well taken.
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