Hi Bryan, Unfortunately, the courts probibly wouldn't see it the same way. More often as not they would side with Lucas Arts on the copyright issues unless I had a good lawyer to prove that their treatment violates the fair use provisions of the copyright law in some way. About George Lucas himself I think he is probibly an ok guy. It is even possible he would be willing to see my ideas for an audio Star Wars game as being ok. However, people like that hire middle men, like the lawyers for Lucas licensing, to handle issues like this and they often draft company polacy for stuff like this unless the big man says different. Problem is common guys like you and I would have difficulty getting in contact with someone like George Lucas as there are a million middle men between us and him to ask a question that would normally get handled down in the licensing department anyway.
Bryan Peterson wrote: > Precisely. THere was a huge debate about that on list a while back. I myself > an of two minds on the issue. On the one hand I feel that if some small time > dev created an accessible Star Wars game and Lucas Arts had a problem with > it, it's their own fault for not merely forgetting to take us blind folks > into account and consider the fact that we too might enjoy being able to > play their games, but also basically snubbing us, which is what they did to > Thomas. At the same time no blind person is likely to have the kind of money > they would ask for in order to pay for their licensing fees and royalties, > and the legal issues are enough to make me cringe just thinking about it. > It's sad really, since George Lucas himself seems like a pretty nice guy > from the interviews I've heard. But of course it still comes down to those > little rectangular green pieces of paper that most of us don't have too many > of. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
