RE: [Very OT]ADB's new web policies

> > Scary,  you aren't allowed to put pictures of any ADB logos or
> miniatures
> > on your website unless you are an "official" website.  You aren't
even
> > allowed to have unofficial SSD's of unofficial ships up unless you
are
> > an "official" site.  What's more, if you are an official site ADB
claims
> > rights to everything on the site.  One of the requirements of being
an
> >  "official" website is not having _any_ links to unofficial sites.

> Where did this information come from?

http://www.starfleetgames.com/web_policy.htm

Basically if you make or support anyone who makes 'for use with SFB'
products, your unauthorized and can not use any ADB or Paramount
copywrited
things on the site, and authorized sites can not link to you.

Another quote from the page is:
ANY SITE may include reviews, tactics articles, and "personal gaming
experiences". This kind of material is free game and protected speech.
Note
that the "Fair Use Doctrine" (which is broadly misunderstood but which
is
explained very nicely at http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html)
will
allow you to quote a few words of ADB Inc.-owned text here and there as
part
of a review of a report of a personal gaming experience. The Fair Use
Doctrine does NOT extend so far as to allow you to reprint SFB weapons
charts or turn mode tables on SSDs you created (although Authorized
sites
will be "authorized" to do so), or to use ADB Inc.’s standard rules in
scenarios posted to Unauthorized sites.

Dean