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[HoE] Re: [DL] Copyright laws and such [SHANE]
In a message dated 5/10/99 1:54:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
purcell37@hotmail.com writes:
<< As an offer to Pinnacle, I would be willing to do whatever you would like
in
regards to distribution. Having the posse section available to other
Marshal's via web or ftp, offering the first chapter so people could get a
taste of the game, or not give copies of the file to anyone but my own
players..or obviously, not reproduce the book in any way b/c of the
copyright violations.
Thank you for your time
Later
Patrick "please" Purcell >>
Well, Patrick, in truth, it is against the copyright laws. And though it
might not happen in *your* group, the reason we originally put the player's
sectiosn *in* the books was to encourage players to buy them too. See, the
way rpgs normally work, only one person in the group can or does ever buy a
company's releases. We tried to structure things in such a way that multiple
players could buy copies (our rule is that 80% of each book is player
material). So for a Marshal to copy the player's section and give them away
*does* hurt our sales. Again, maybe not for your group, but for most.
Sorry, but I've always found honesty's the best policy, and that's the truth
as we see it.
Shane