Re: Re: Commercial Rights

Subject: Re: Re: Re: Commercial Rights

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: :: I have written a game with many pages of : :: written rules, setting descriptions, etc. : :: I send 2 copies to the LoC,(etc.,etc.,). : :: I have it published.A customer buys my game. : :: Has the buyer acquired any commercial rights ? : :: Unless I specifically state that I am transferring : :: commercial rights it is my understanding of the : :: law that I retain them but I haven't yet found : :: where that is expressly stated in the UCC or : :: the Copyright Statutes : :It takes more than reading to understand a statute. It takes more that going to law school to make a lawyer. What is more the Patent and Trademark Office is the only Federal Agency that a lawyer cannot practice Patent Law before without taking a special qualifying exam. : :The question is vague. Game rules may have registered copyrights. The registration may be published or unpublished or both. : :Some games may even be patented. The physical sale of a game including rules, patented or with a valid registered copyright does not tranfer any intellectual property in the game. : :There is more to effective commercialization of a game than just patent and or copyright. It depends on the facts and law. : ::sigh:: this was an illustration. It was intended to be a bit vague. I was trying to give : enough info to see if the principle I thought I remembered as a general rule actually was : correct. I am aware that no real world case is going to look like a text book example. : :I usually don't like to act superior but the stumbling with law and fact as set forth here may be self destructive. : No, sorry, you are reading something into this that I did not intend. Frankly I thought this was : so obvious that I gave a very sketchy premise. I apologize. : : You really have to use professional help that you know and trust. Doing it youself, even with the simplicty of copyright is like playing blindman's buff. : Yup, thats why I was here. : Thanks : Don Lail

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