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Message no. 1
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: ADMIN: NERPS "Official" copies no longer available
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 11:52:48 -0500
After getting word through Doom from the Lords of FASA, I can no longer
offer the "official" bound and signed copies of the NERPS manuals. Even
though they are offered at cost, it can be considered selling and FASA
said "stop it".

____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu
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Message no. 2
From: the holy Entombed <rasputin@***.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: NERPS "Official" copies no longer available
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 14:09:44 -0400
On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> After getting word through Doom from the Lords of FASA, I can no longer
> offer the "official" bound and signed copies of the NERPS manuals. Even
> though they are offered at cost, it can be considered selling and FASA
> said "stop it".

No kidding?

That's terrible. I thought the folks over there had a lighter view of
that sort of thing, -especially- because you're not making a profit.
Guess not...legal departments are legal depatments, eh?

Oh, well. It just means having to hit the more...shadowy...markets for
'em. =^) Right up there with Doom ][...


--the holy Entombed-- "Who are these people?"
Rasputin@***.umd.edu -Jerry Seinfeld, -or-
Rasputin the Disappointed -Joel as Jerry Seinfeld, MST3K...

Turn yourself in, FL. Just get out of the Bronco, and....
Message no. 3
From: Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: NERPS "Official" copies no longer available
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 14:39:47 -0400
>>>>> "the" == the holy Entombed <rasputin@***.UMD.EDU>
writes:

the> No kidding?

No kidding. NERPS may be in violation of FASA's copyrights. Therefore FASA
must request that it stop. That's how copyright law works.

--
Rat <ratinox@***.neu.edu> |Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types
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PGP Public Key: Ask for one today! |
Message no. 4
From: "Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: NERPS "Official" copies no longer available
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:41:47 -0500
On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, the holy Entombed wrote:

> That's terrible. I thought the folks over there had a lighter view of
> that sort of thing, -especially- because you're not making a profit.
> Guess not...legal departments are legal depatments, eh?

Actually, the concern is a piss-poor legal precedent that says something
like "If FASA ever failed to enforce thair copyright, they can be said to
have made it public domain." So they did it not because they wanted to,
but because they had to to protect the larger picture.

____ Robert A. Hayden <=> hayden@*******.mankato.msus.edu
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Message no. 5
From: the holy Entombed <rasputin@***.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: NERPS "Official" copies no longer available
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 15:22:09 -0400
On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, Robert A. Hayden wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Sep 1994, the holy Entombed wrote:
>
> > That's terrible. [...]
>
> Actually, the concern is a piss-poor legal precedent that says something
> like "If FASA ever failed to enforce thair copyright, they can be said to
> have made it public domain." So they did it not because they wanted to,
> but because they had to to protect the larger picture.

Right; basically, an "I'm sorry, Mr. Hayden, but we have to..." Well, it
actually makes more sense this way.

So I guess what it boils down to is how hard they're looking and where.
I can't imagine they'd even -think- of looking towards a college campus
parked up in Minnesota for major copyright violations...do you?

BTW, competely off-topic: Has anyone here ever scanned or had access to
scanned images of the color artwork found in the various SR tomes? I'm
always passively hunting for new sources of interesting wallpaper that
makes Windows a little less miserable to run... I don't remember seeing
anything on it in the FAQ...

Thanks,

--the holy Entombed--
rasputin@***.umd.edu "Prove it, pretzel boy!"
Rasputin the DOSser/OS/2er
Message no. 6
From: MILLIKEN DAMION A <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: NERPS "Official" copies no longer available
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 13:31:01 +1000
the holy Entombed writes:

> BTW, competely off-topic: Has anyone here ever scanned or had access to
> scanned images of the color artwork found in the various SR tomes? I'm
> always passively hunting for new sources of interesting wallpaper that
> makes Windows a little less miserable to run... I don't remember seeing
> anything on it in the FAQ...

Well, I think Paolo has some images on his WWW page, but I don't know what
they are sinse I use linx, and have never bothered to save one to a file
(mainly 'cause I don't know how).

--
Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au

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Message no. 7
From: Paolo Marcucci <marcucci@***.TS.ASTRO.IT>
Subject: Re: ADMIN: NERPS "Official" copies no longer available (fwd)
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 14:53:49 METDST
>
> the holy Entombed writes:
>
> > BTW, competely off-topic: Has anyone here ever scanned or had access to
> > scanned images of the color artwork found in the various SR tomes? I'm
> > always passively hunting for new sources of interesting wallpaper that
> > makes Windows a little less miserable to run... I don't remember seeing
> > anything on it in the FAQ...
>
> Well, I think Paolo has some images on his WWW page, but I don't know what
> they are sinse I use linx, and have never bothered to save one to a file
> (mainly 'cause I don't know how).
> Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au

Not for long...:)

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Paolo Marcucci marcucci@***.ts.astro.it
http://www.oat.ts.astro.it/marcucci/home.html

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