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Subject: Re: Games, copyright, and fair use... Sorry.
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Peter Seebach wrote:
[...]
> Does anyone know of specific case law I should be worrying about?

If it's a reasonably small group, rather than an entertainment giant,
I'd suggest just asking permission, if you're at all worried.  In my
limited experience, artists are quite happy to have their work spread
around and credited...as long as they don't find out about it from
their lawyers first, that is...

If it's one of the aforementioned "giants," it's more hit or miss, as
permission may have to *come* from lawyers, with the artists having
no say in the matter.

[...]

