ashmire13 wrote in POD question:Thanks, found the pdf
The book looks good though. Would be nice to have as a piece
There were three I think that were all assembled around the same time in the same vein, with faux TSResque covers and pickings from Dragon, Dungeon, White Dwarf, Judges Guild, and a whole host of other sources. I don't think they are illegal to own (PDF) on the basis of fair use and expired copyright (in the UK that is) on the text and layouts.
Printing would also be fine for personal use, even if a 3rd party printer did it for you.
What is clearly illegal is selling stolen
IP.
But then again, if the owners of the
IP don't defend their own
IP, we can't really expect eBay to arbitrarily police who can and cannot sell a book.
It's up to the authors and artists to care what happens to their work and do something about it.
For most I'd imagine its so long ago they've had their money and can't be bothered with the fight to protect their property in this modern world at the ages most of them are at. Without them voicing a dissenting opinion who knows what they think on the matter?
If there is something printed inside by
EGG (as the name on the spine would indicate), and if the
EGG estate does hold the
IP (as opposed to ChinaCorp or whoever owns
RPGs in the West these days), then it would be down to the Gygax family to protect their
IP. Something I'd imagine they have no interest in doing given the prevalence of illicit
EGG IP in the world today.
This week I've been mostly eating . . . The white ones with the little red flecks in them.
