Raven Crowking
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Forked from: Lovecraft in Public Domain?
I wonder if you could give me a quick bit of (non-binding) advice?
I'm working on a free all-or-mostly-OGC version of the game to share with those whose playstyles coincide with mine enough to interest them. I would love to use pull-out quotes to indicate what various game mechanics are supposed to represent in-world. In this case, I mean pulling out a line or two from pulps and fantasy novels to indicate what is meant. For example, when describing a bull rush, I might want to use a line where Conan or Tarzan performs one.....with full credit to the original source.
(Similar, in a way, to the quotes on the contents pages of Dungeon Magazine when it was in print.)
My question is, would fall under fair use?
Any advice would be appreciated.
RC
Brown Jenkin said:True. But my point still stands as well. Trademark does not expire, but it does require maintence or it can be lost. As long as a company vigorously maintains it there is no expiration based on the duration from its inception.
I wonder if you could give me a quick bit of (non-binding) advice?
I'm working on a free all-or-mostly-OGC version of the game to share with those whose playstyles coincide with mine enough to interest them. I would love to use pull-out quotes to indicate what various game mechanics are supposed to represent in-world. In this case, I mean pulling out a line or two from pulps and fantasy novels to indicate what is meant. For example, when describing a bull rush, I might want to use a line where Conan or Tarzan performs one.....with full credit to the original source.
(Similar, in a way, to the quotes on the contents pages of Dungeon Magazine when it was in print.)
My question is, would fall under fair use?
Any advice would be appreciated.
RC