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From: Airwasp@***.com Airwasp@***.com
Subject: Copyright Question
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 13:10:44 EST
In a message dated 2/21/1999 11:43:24 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
chariot@*********.net writes:

> I'm working on a web page for my Shadowrun campaign that I'm running and I
> have a section that contains a Timeline of events that my characters have
> gone through. The adventures that I have run my characters through so far
> have all been published adventures with my own little twists here and
there.
> Would it be copyright infringement to give a description of what happens to
> the characters? It would definitely be a spoiler but I would not be
copying
> text or stats directly from the books.

As long as you are descirbing what happened to the characters, but not
reporducing the text exactly, it should not constitute copyright infringement.
Just try to keep the descriptions as short as possible and you should have no
problems.

-Herc

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