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From: blane@eskimo.com (Brian Lane)
Subject: Re: Hmm.  This is getting obnoxious.
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Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 17:48:07 GMT
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Gerry Kevin Wilson (whizzard@uclink.berkeley.edu) wrote:
: In article <GDR11.95Apr8103906@stint.cl.cam.ac.uk>,
: Gareth Rees <gdr11@cl.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

: >Edgar Rice Burroughs died in 1950, so his works won't come out of
: >copyright until the year 2000; later, if the copyright laws are changed
: >before then.  However, given the speed with which adventure games get
: >completed, it might be worth starting now on the assumption that by the
: >time you are finished, the works will be out of copyright!

  I 'thought' copyrights were good for only 7 years after the authors death?

: Hmm, the Gutenburg (sp?) Project seems to have several of his books 
: already, and they're supposed to be pretty careful with copyrights, which 
: is why I asked.

  If the Gutenburg project has them, then I'd say they're fair game. But
finish AVALON first! We're not going to allow you to even think of a new
project until we see at least a beta of Avalong. <BG>

   Brian
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