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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 7808333" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>I am hoping that someone with the procedural knowledge and the dates can step in to comment here, or contact me.</p><p></p><p>Based on people I have spoken with, this is my understanding of what happened at the Arneson v Gygax lawsuit. This includes indirect information from someone who spoke with the original attorney of Arneson as well as an other attorney who was with Arneson before the judge. I would love to speak with these attorneys directly if possible.</p><p></p><p>At some point, Arneson went before a judge.</p><p></p><p>At this time, his lawyers had with them Arneson’s evidentiary documents, in preparation for a trial.</p><p></p><p>These documents included the transcripts of Arneson’s gaming group − and manuscripts of D&D gaming designs by Arneson himself. The organization of these documents was mainly an arrangement of texts from D&D 1e paralleling the texts from D&D 0e and the texts from Arneson himself and his gaming group. To show derivation.</p><p></p><p>Gygax is also here on this day with his lawyers.</p><p></p><p>The judge did ask to look at the documents that Arneson and his lawyers brought.</p><p></p><p>It seems the intention of the judge was to assign ownership of certain parts of D&D to Arneson, and certain other parts of D&D to Gygax, and in this way resolve the dispute.</p><p></p><p>However, looking at the evidence, it seemed to the judge, the collaboration between them was too intermingled − each developing the others response further − in every part of D&D. He therefore felt it was impossible to divide up the ownership.</p><p></p><p>At this point, this same judge recommended to Arneson and Gygax and their respective lawyers, to settle the dispute between themselves without the court. Which they did.</p><p></p><p>And this is how the case came to be settled ‘out of court’.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 7808333, member: 58172"] I am hoping that someone with the procedural knowledge and the dates can step in to comment here, or contact me. Based on people I have spoken with, this is my understanding of what happened at the Arneson v Gygax lawsuit. This includes indirect information from someone who spoke with the original attorney of Arneson as well as an other attorney who was with Arneson before the judge. I would love to speak with these attorneys directly if possible. At some point, Arneson went before a judge. At this time, his lawyers had with them Arneson’s evidentiary documents, in preparation for a trial. These documents included the transcripts of Arneson’s gaming group − and manuscripts of D&D gaming designs by Arneson himself. The organization of these documents was mainly an arrangement of texts from D&D 1e paralleling the texts from D&D 0e and the texts from Arneson himself and his gaming group. To show derivation. Gygax is also here on this day with his lawyers. The judge did ask to look at the documents that Arneson and his lawyers brought. It seems the intention of the judge was to assign ownership of certain parts of D&D to Arneson, and certain other parts of D&D to Gygax, and in this way resolve the dispute. However, looking at the evidence, it seemed to the judge, the collaboration between them was too intermingled − each developing the others response further − in every part of D&D. He therefore felt it was impossible to divide up the ownership. At this point, this same judge recommended to Arneson and Gygax and their respective lawyers, to settle the dispute between themselves without the court. Which they did. And this is how the case came to be settled ‘out of court’. [/QUOTE]
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