Blakes7 March 2001

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Re: copyright and fanfic (Was [B7L] Recent slash discussions etc)
by Ashton7＠aol.com 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/12/01 5:15:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, tavia(a)btinternet.com writes: << If a fanzine made substantial profit, then the legal side of things might start to have more meaning. >> I think that if fanzines were CAPABLE of making substantial profits then the studios would be producing them themselves. And they would have done it a long time ago. As it is, they've finally gotten a clue that tie-in novels often do well *and* that fanzines don't even tend to … [View More]

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Re: [B7L] Re: use of image
by Ashton7＠aol.com 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/12/01 3:01:56 AM Eastern Standard Time, steve.rogerson(a)mcr1.poptel.org.uk writes: << There was a fuss at Deliverance in 1998 when Sally Knyvette got upset with a dealer selling photos of her. She insisted the dealer tear up the photos she had, which the dealer did. These were photos taken at another convention. The dealer tore up the photos for a quiet time, but she was under no legal obligation to do so as Sally had no rights to those pictures. >> … [View More]

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Re: [B7L] Recent slash discussions etc
by littles＠lycos.co.uk 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

----- Original Message ----- From: Betty Ragan <ragan(a)sdc.org> > IMO, there are quite a number of stories in "ttba" that, while totally > unacceptable for a "gen" zine are definitely not calculated to appeal to > those specifically looking for erotica. Which can create quite a > dilemma, I think, for a writer who's looking to get her story out to the > appropriate target audience. > > The "ghettoization" of slash does bother me a little bit, actually, > because … [View More]

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Avon's conviction
by Andrew Williams 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

Marian wrote: >>Cheryl wrote: >>I don't think Avon was sent to Cygnus Alpha for any crime other than an >>attempt to defraud the Federation's banking system...< > >I agree. In Space Fall Vila only mentions the bank fraud, not the dead visa >seller. Could it be that he was charged with the visa dealer's murder, among many other charges, but because they all related to the bank fraud, that is what he was known for? Vila's introduction is a bit like saying "This is … [View More]

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Re: [B7L] Recent slash discussions etc
by Ashton7＠aol.com 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/12/01 4:34:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, tavia(a)btinternet.com writes: << Doesn't this depend on the country? In the UK, you certainly don't have to trademark brand-names for UK use unless you want to, prior use will still apply (within a given field). At least that's what I got told when I looked into trademarking all my company names. >> I'm sorry, but that question I can't definitively answer. It appears to me that US copyright law is very similar … [View More]

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Re: [B7L] Redemption '01 con report and pics
by J MacQueen 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

>From: "Una McCormack" <una(a)qresearch.org.uk> >Great report, and I love the photos - except one... Alas, poor Una. Now we don't actually need Neil's photograph... Regards Joanne _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

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Re: [B7L] Recent slash discussions etc
by Tavia 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

Annie: >Just a note on copyright law. You can *not* copyright a >character name or situation. You can only trademark a >name... and even then the trademark isn't considered >to have been violated unless the use of the name could >possibly be confused (by the public) with the original. >As far as I know, Blakes 7 has no character names >trademarked (and neither do most television shows >or movies... Star Wars is one that comes to mind that >has character names actually … [View More]

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Re: [B7L] Recent slash discussions etc
by Ashton7＠aol.com 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

In a message dated 3/11/01 9:05:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, dshilling(a)worldnet.att.net writes: << If there is any material unsuitable for children in a publication, it should not be sold to children, and there should be a clear warning for parents supervising their childrens' reading material. >> In all my years of selling fanzines, I have never once had a child *ask* to buy a copy (of a genzine *or* an adult zine). Does anyone have personal knowledge of children buying … [View More]

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Re: [B7L] Reality Shifts
by Jenny Kaye 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

Hi, I'm new on Lysator, though I've been a fan of Blakes 7 for a long time, and I think both of these are really interesting ideas. Do you suppose it could have been Orac who caused the change? I mean, at the end of series one he shows the disaster happening to the Liberator/its sister ship, but do you suppose it could really have been the Liberator? And Orac changed the future so that it was its sister ship? Orac says he has infinite knowledge and that the destruction of the ship is an … [View More]

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Blues war [Re: [B7L] Kathryn's convention report/slash]
by Harriet Monkhouse 12 Mar '01

12 Mar '01

Tavia wrote: >Why don't you just admit it, Fiona, you're surrounded >and outnumbered... She may find me a strange bedfellow, but the Cantabrigensians leave us no choice... If they attack, they will find me watching her back. Illuminatio mea! Harriere

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