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From: Lady Jestyr <jestyr@*******.DIALIX.COM.AU>
Subject: Re: Matrix copyright
Date: Mon, 11 May 1998 08:08:13 +1000
> I will try and decipher your intent here, because it is not clear from
> your words. First of all, FASA does not have the word Matrix copyrighted,
> you cannot copyright a word. Nor can you copyright an interface. What you
> can do is trademark a word, if it is the name of a product, such as
> Shadowrun. Shadowrun is a trademark of FASA, but the word is not protected
> by copyright.

And I`m pretty sure that Matrix is one of the words FASA has
trademarked... I don`t have VR2.0 handy, but I think if you check the
back, it says so.

Lady Jestyr

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