RE: [Open_Gaming] Public Domain Names

[Andrew Hackard]

At 11:17 PM 20/06/00 -0400, Doug Meerschaert wrote:
> > When you make a work for hire, you are giving up your rights as 
> author in
> > exchange for pay.  You have no right whatsoever to object to what 
> happens
> > to a work you've transferred your copyright on.
>
>Unless you happen to be the owner of the (incorprated) buisness that you
>work for.

Actually not. The purpose of a corporation is to act as a legal entity 
distinct from any other legal entities which may comprise the 
corporation. In other words, if Peter Adkison does a D&D module for 
WotC, under the standard work for hire contract, then WotC -- not Peter 
-- owns the copyright. If, at some point in the future, Peter moves on 
to Cheapass Games, he can't release a Cheapass version of that D&D 
module, because WotC still owns it.

Steve Jackson runs into this all the time, believe me. :-)
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