Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Heads up, new Image thief.

Hisminky opened this issue on May 13, 2003 ยท 48 posts


scupper posted Fri, 16 May 2003 at 11:17 AM

His website is also full of copyrighted material by TSR, images by other fantasy artists, etc. The TSR copyrights may be old, but Wizards of the Coast may still jump on him to protect their intellectual property (they've done it before). Here's what I sent to Wizards of the Coast: Hello, I'd like to bring the following site to your attention: http://www.angelfire.com/scifi2/gamma_world/ Included on the site are numerous verbatim postings of 70's-80's TSR material that may not be authorized by Wizards. While I am generally in favor of fan sites, I can assure you that, at least in certain circles, this website has extremely bad associations with copyright violation. Numerous artists' works are reproduced there without permission, and often without credit. I think it is worth at least a cursory examination by Wizards of the Coast if you still retain the "Gamma World" intellectual property. Certain art reproduced on the site also comes directly from TSR products. If this fan site has authorization from Wizards of the Coast to post Gamma World material, I would strongly recommend Wizards reconsider such permission, as the association with other copyright violations on the site is probably not in Wizards' best interest. I would also caution you that the owner of the site has reportedly responded to other complaints by sending virus-laden emails back to the complainers. Thus, I would appreciate my name and email address NOT be forwarded to the site owner if Wizards decides to contact him. Thank you.