From: "Chris Helton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OGF-L] Who can declare Product Identity (Third PartyBeneficiaries?)
> And yes, by registering something as copyright or a > trademark you are creating product identity, whether > you have anything to do with the OGL or not. You don't register things as copyright, you just declare them to be copyright. Trademarks can be registered ones or unregistered ones that are declared as trademarks. I don't think they would have different status. Maybe you meant "...by declaring something as copyright or a trademark..." I want to take you up on the copyright issue. If you are saying that "by registering something as copyright you are creating product identity" then I have a problem for you. I've got an English Dictionary sitting on my desk that says (c) Wm. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. That declaration covers a work that contains all the words in the English Language. If you interpret the licence to allow a copyright declaration from someone who is not a party to the licence to give things PI status in this way, then this single book would give all the words in existence PI status. That can *not* be the intent of the OGL. Either you didn't mean to say, what it sounded like you were saying or you are thinking that someone would be declaring a list of items to be copyrighted. David Shepheard Webmaster Virtual Eclipse Science Fiction Role Playing Club http://virtualeclipse.aboho.com/ http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/virtualeclipselrp/ _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list Ogf-l@mail.opengamingfoundation.org http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
