mbassoc2003 wrote:I would imagine that it is legal for me to publish orphan material provided I desist and withdraw if a copyright owner surfaces.
grodog wrote:Ian, one of hte guys over on K&K is a UK lawyer; you might ask the Q over there for some UK-based legal thoughts.
grodog wrote:Anymore progress on any of this stuff, Ian? Claymore, Tortured Souls, The Beholder, etc.?
mbassoc2003 wrote:Claymore - I have some of the original product, but none of the items I have are complete and I can't find any more among the sources I have (the Glasgow and Edinburgh gaming communities). I do have written permission to publish, although I have no complete product to attempt to market.Tortured Souls! - I have the entire publication in ESD, but I have not been able to track down the original copyright holder. In fact, I cannot find any reference to an owner by name of Beast Enterprises Ltd. and Parchment Press do not retain records from the 80's. I am considering republishing in the UK to see if I can flush out the original owners. From my discussion with Parchment (the printer) I believe the copyright owner is actually a series of debtors who are unaware that they own copyright in anything.Beholder - I would really like to see this republished. I have neither the product nor any contact info for the guy who visited here saying he was the original publisher. (Alan Killjoy - do you have an e-mail address for the Beholder guy?)So, maybe if I get the nerve I might publish TS and see if I can get one of the original owners of Beast Entz to contact me.