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Legality of writing AD&D 1e material

Started by dndgeek, February 13, 2009, 03:52:27 PM

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Xanther

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February 23, 2009, 10:37:54 PM
Quote from: S'mon;283581I don't believe that to be a substantial work such as would attract copyright protection.  By contrast, a 3rd edition D&D monster stat block does look substantial enough to be copyright-protected.  Note however that it is the presentation that is protected under copyright, not the data itself.

In the U.S. it is the creative expression that is protected.  You could copy the listing of phone numbers and addresses from a phonebook verbatim and it would be OK, however, doing the same for the advertisements and other creative expression would not.  

I understand the EU has (or had) protection for compilations of information (under the Database Directive I believe) which would be different than the U.S. approach.

The U.S. Copyright Office has a decent FAQ on the basics.
 
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