"Gametech" <voltronalpha at hotmail.com> writes: > J.Jasper wrote: > > > If they fail to challenge the fanfic, and later come up with a similar > > idea, the author of the fanfic can sue them and prevent them from > > using their own work. It's happened before with a well known fantasy > > author. > > Yeah, there isn't anything at all wrong with copyright laws.... ROFL How is this a fault with the copyright laws? If the works actually *are* substantially similar, and the earlier one was known to the author of the later one, I *agree* with the presumption that a copyright violation has taken place. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info