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From: keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Monopoly piracy
Message-ID: <1648@cadovax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 11-Jul-87 01:01:08 EDT
Article-I.D.: cadovax.1648
Posted: Sat Jul 11 01:01:08 1987
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In article <3@cc5.bbn.com.BBN.COM> denbeste@cc5.bbn.com.BBN.COM (Steven Den Beste) writes:
>
>About 5 years ago the copyright on Monopoly ran out. Monopoly is now in
>the public domain, and anyone who wants to can sell it.

In addition, Mille Bornes seems to be a later evolution of their game,
"Touring" which was originally copyrighted in 1937.  Since 52 years is,
I believe, the limit on copyright, "Touring" should become public domain
in 2 years.  Touring differs from Mille Bornes in that there are no
safetys, the text is not in French, and the mileage cards appear in 
much smaller denominations.  I have a version of Touring that is
considerably newer than 1937 (though I've seen old ones) and it has
a total trip of 590 miles (don't ask me) and denominations of 25, 35,
50, and 75 mile cards.  In addition, I think the version I have differs
from the older one I saw in a few ways.  The equivalent of 'accident'
seems to be 'missed the curve' with 'wrecker' as the correct repair
card, when I think accident or something more similar was the name of
the card in the older version I saw.  I would think that ONLY the original
1937 version of Touring will become public domain in 2 years.

Keith Doyle
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