On 1/28/08, Nimrod Jones <nimrod@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I always understood that there was a certain amount of Public Domain with > Cthulhu. Lovecraft himself enthusiastically endorsed other writers to expand > upon the mythos and write within his world. Only certain phrases and > creations have been copyrighted by Chaosium, and for the most part the whole > issue of copyright was cocked up as he never stated in his will who should > control his work. Indeed, work earlier than, I believe, 1923 is Public > Domain (last I checked). I looked this up on wikipedia and Cthulhu copyright is... complicated. Trying to figure it out will cost Sanity I can't spare. The way it works out is: if it involves games, Chaosium owns it. If it doesn't... then I don't think anyone will care. So yeah, explicitly, only games are a problem. However, as has been seen, negotiations are possible and products do come out. -- - |) () /\/