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Article #920Re: New Game
From: Peter J Hill
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 14:56
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 14:56
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In article <naam.726296621@terra.cecer.army.mil> naam@cecer.army.mil (Ramez Naam) writes: >If all you have is an idea, you can't do either. If this is a >role-playing or other paper game, you can copyright the final rules (or >any sets of rules up until then, for that matter). Copyright only >protects the _form_ of the document, though. Someone can still take all >of your ideas and use them in a different game, with only very slight >modifications. > >-- >Ramez Naam >naam@terra.cecer.army.mil Let me clarify myself, I have an idea for a board game (monopoly type of setup, but totally different concept) I am making up the prototype for the game. Once that is finished, I want to be able to sell it. What do I have to do to protect myself from people trying to take my idea and make a game just like it, and take all of the money from my idea. pjhst10+@pitt.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!caen!uwm.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!pitt.edu!pjhst10 From: pjhst10+@pitt.edu (Peter J Hill) Newsgroups: rec.games.design Subject: Re: New Game Message-ID: <1435@blue.cis.pitt.edu> Date: 6 Jan 93 14:56:38 GMT Article-I.D.: blue.1435 References: <1420@blue.cis.pitt.edu> <naam.726296621@terra.cecer.army.mil> Sender: news+@pitt.edu Distribution: rec.games.design Organization: University of Pittsburgh Lines: 19