Re: [Lynx-dev] Dr. Who Game [was:] Generalities Question

[Johnson, Tracy]

Understood.  Although since it is not my website, the onus belongs to whomever.


Tracy Johnson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Woolley [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2012 5:09 PM
> To: Johnson, Tracy
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> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] Dr. Who Game [was:] Generalities Question
> 
> Johnson, Tracy wrote:
> 
> >
> > * (Of course not to break copyright, the game has to be free, its
> fan
> > based stuff.)
> 
> Being free and/or fan based doesn't make you immune from trademark
> and copyright infringements.  Paramount would probably be down on
> you like a ton of bricks if you did this with Star Trek.  I don't
> know what the BBC licence terms are for Dr Who, but I'd be
> surprised if you didn't, at the very least, need a trade mark
> notice for the phrase "Dr Who".
> --
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