From:	"Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject:	Copyright: A possible solution
Date:	Wed, 7 Apr 93 22:36:24 CET

Everybody,
It seems that most people are not all that worryed about the Shadowtk log
itself but dislike the idea of other people stealing their characters. Now this
would require a lot of work by the listowners (sorry guys), but I think I have
a solution that will make most of us (or at least the most) happy.
First of all, Robert (and Vinnie if Robert wants to be so nice) will retain
exclusive ownership of the logs themselves with two notable exceptions. The
first is any gaming materials placed to the list (which should be on Shadowrun
anyway). The second would be the characters used on the log.
The characters would remain the property of the poster although anything he
post will be useable by Robert or anyone he gives permission to utilize the
material.
The second thing (which will be the pain) is for Robert to keep a list of
characters (much like the one Christina Johnson made awhile back) on which he
will also keep the owner of the character.
Personal characters will be the sole property of the poster. Ex: Dark Elf
belongs to Vinnie Esposito, Joseph Yoshida belongs to Robert Hayden,
Nightstalker belongs to Jason Carter (me!).
Collaboration characters will belong to the major collobrators. Ex: although
I invented Roger Quention and Wendell Trevor it would be a disservice to Vinnie
and Doctor Doom (whatever your real name is) for me to claim sole ownership.
Objects belong to creator. Ex: MagnaTech belongs to Vinnie Esposito, Yoshida
Tech belongs to Robert Hayden, Precision Industries belongs to Christina
Johnson.
I think that just about covers everything. What do you guys think of this
idea?

See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker