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I am sad to see Saga go- it's currently my favorite system, and my group just started a SWSE game after 4E burnout. ^^; I really do like the mechanics, and the Skill Challenge chapter in the latest book (Galaxy of Intrigue) was excellent. Well, hopefully we'll see the campaign through! Thanks...

Copyright infringement can be criminal as well as civil. There are two main ways to determine criminal copyright infringement; the actual monetary value involved in the infringement (in the case of commercial motives), and since 1997's No Electronic Theft Act, the exchange of copyrighted materials.

It's not, and I'm feeling the lack of an Arcane Power pdf keenly. The Compendium is useful, but I'm not always online and I've had several errors while using it recently. I hadn't quite realized how often I rely on the other PDFs until this week. To another subject, there are no "hard"...

Because like any other Online Service Provider (including ISPs, universities, libraries, Web sites), scribd has a safe harbor in the DMCA. Provided that they meet certain criteria, including DMCA contact registered with the Copyright Office and following the notice-and-takedown procedure, OSPs...

So... Ordinarily, I'd be buying the new WotC pdf in about 10 minutes. What should I buy now? ^^;

Was that clarified somewhere? We've been going by the Death and Dying box, which I believe uses the terminology "before you take a rest" regarding the three failed saves.

The answer to almost every copyright question is "it depends." Some of the activities mentioned in this thread including copying, public display, and public distribution are some of the infringing actions under US law. Unless they're not. :P In order to not be an infringement, that particular...

I've got a similar view. I downloaded Exalted, and if I like it, I'll probably buy the print book, as well as items that support it. I might also buy the pdfs at some point- with WotC's I regularly bought both- but really, all of these actions have only made it more likely that I'll use my local...

I'm not certain that's what people were saying. The way that Berne, and just about every other copyright treaty works, is that they provide guidelines that need to be enacted domestically. Generally, these guidelines offer guaranteed minimums of protection. Part of the convention is reciprocal-...

The library is not liable for actions done by library users under US law (which I am the most familiar with). However, this is partly because Libraries and Archives have their own exemption- Title 17: Section 108, Limitations on exclusive rights: Reproduction by libraries and archives. They have...

Right- you can't really determine loss in that fashion. They don't specify what they consider actual damages in this document. Also, in addition to asking for actual damages/profit (when they're talking about 504 (b)) they're also asking for statutory damages for willful infringement (504(c)...

Thanks for making these documents available. It's also interesting that these involved scribd.

For my money, if this move does end up being part of legal gamesmanship- for example, to show actual damages, loss of goodwill, and so on in court- I'll be sorely disappointed.

While I agree with the other parts of your message not copied, I do not believe this to be entirely accurate under US law. Fair use (17 USC 107) does not provide percentages or hard-and-fast rules for what is or is not a fair use. There are fair use guidelines which do describe percentages in...

Creased and wavy... Got the box set from my local gaming store. Pages are also wavy for the PHB and DMG, but not quite as bad as the MM. However, some pages in the PHB have flattened creases in them, which is really annoying...

Neat. I'm glad that we have options. We can look at OGL products and GSL products and decide which better suit us, mechanically or by other considerations. Kudos to Paizo for supporting the OGL. Will new rules generated by Paizo in the Pathfinder series also be OGL? I'd assume so, but just...

I agree- but I think that they are categorizing any transaction, for profit or not for profit, as a commercial use as defined by trademark law, and leaving them vulnerable to dilution, not just false origin.

This may have been mentioned (I'm trying to read all of the posts, but I may have missed one). That's incorrect. You only "lose" copyright if you sign over copyright or if copyright never should have been yours in the first place. You're thinking of trademark, which requires protection or risks...

Just found out... Just saw some info about this gameday on a newgroup. ^^ I do read ENWorld, but hadn't noticed the thread. Are you going to advertise on any other Austin-related gaming groups?

It doesn't look like he has: [url]http://pub17.ezboard.com/fseankreynoldsboardsfrm1.showMessage?topicID=1458.topic[url]