RE: RE: [spoon-discuss] Proto-prop: Aes Sedai

["Baron von Skippy" <bvs@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>In fact, now that our name has been bandied about in a magazine with national circulation, we might want to NOT acknowledge Jordan's copyright, and in fact have nothing to do with the books, on the off-chance that someone decides to sue.
>
-Okay, I got it.

http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html

Basically, it looks like we're okay as long as we stick to the concepts as opposed to direct quotes, as long as any quotes we do use are parodies or commentaries (the bracketed paragraph at the beginning of the proto-prop is fine), and as long as we don't use too much in relation to the total size of the copyrighted work... er... let's see, call it a five page rule after major additions, and Jordan has written about 8,000 pages of WoT, with another 1,500 or so on the way... yeah, we're fine. Oh, and we can't make any money off it or we get landed on with both feet. So much for me selling copies of the ruleset on eBay...-

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