What do you expect from the WWF. :) They used a SOLID STEEL CHAIR . . . and
the courts held them accountable.
Hehe. Couldn't resist. I love watching the stupid overacting out of the
corner of my eye while I do something more productive on my PC.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Nephew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 1:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Open_Gaming] "Open" Debate
> Ask the WWF if "MECHANICS CANNOT BE COPYRIGHTED". Look at the specifics of
> the card game they were trying to sell. It was the mechanics of the game
> that they acquired. That is why they lost the suit.
Note that in that suit, the author who sold his game to WotC had originally
shown it to the publisher of the WWF game as a design for that game. They
turned him down, and he took the design to WotC, who used it for WCW. Then
the WWF game publisher used the design they had rejected, without the
permission or credit to its creator. So the case doesn't hinge upon
copyrighting mechanics at all, but rather outright theft of a game design.
At least, that's how I read the press releases.
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