copyright

copyright                                                               02Nov15
  
  This is Anomaly TrekMUX's policy concerning intellectual property.
  
  As the creator of your character and his or her story you "own" the
  intellectual property rights for your character. You also own any code which
  you generate here, whether for your own use, or for the use of others. This
  means you may take your character to another MU* or write a novel involving
  your character, for example. 
    
  However, by playing here and adding to the database, you give Anomaly TrekMUX
  the non-exclusive right to use for an indefinite period any  material which 
  you may contribute to it. This includes anything you add to the database, 
  such as (but not limited to code), backgrounds, descriptions, and buildings,
  and any stories in which you might become involved. As a matter of respect,
  Anomaly TrekMUX will generally not take control of a player character away 
  from the player who created it. This will only be done in extreme cases 
  where the goal is to remove the character from the game in such a way that
  preserves game continuity.
   
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copyright2                                                              02Nov15
   
  Anomaly TrekMUX may, however, continue to use the buildings that a player
  built for a character, objects that the player made for the character,
  background information of that character in continuing storylines, etc.
  This policy is necessary to maintain game continuity as otherwise we could
  be forced into retcons, sudden natural disasters and other means to
  remove all traces of any character that decides to leave.
    
  Use of any material on this MUX without permission of the creator of
  that material (or copyright owner) is prohibited.  This includes copying
  code, building descriptions, news files, etc., for use in another game that
  you did not create yourself. This also includes use of the characters and 
  storylines here in a written story. To use someone else's character in a 
  story, you will have to ask the player who created that character for 
  permission. For background, setting and other material held as part of the 
  general copyright on Anomaly TrekMUX, see the producer.
  
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copyright3                                                              02Nov15
  
  Explaining the copyright laws is beyond the scope of this news document.
  A good resource to use to find out more is the EFF "Intellectual Property
  Online: Patent, Trademark, Copyright" Archive available on the Web at:
  http://www.eff.org/pub/Intellectual_property/
  
  Star Trek, and everything associated with it, is copyright and trademarked
  by Paramount Pictures, Inc.
  
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