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POLL: using the name Icewind plagerisim or no

Discussion in 'Icewind Dale 2' started by The Anorian Seer, Sep 25, 2004.

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    [​IMG] I have been thinking about a book i may write. In this book I plane to include the name Icewind as a place in the book. i would like to know what peoples thoughts are about this, you can simply answer the main poll or better yet leave a reply.

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    Poll Results: using the name Icewind plagerisim or no (2 votes.)

    Is using the name Icewind a form of plagerisim (Choose 1)
    * Definitely, it is a complete idea steal and violation of copywright - 100% (2)
    * I don't really know, the name is the same but there are very little other similarities so maybe not. - 0% (0)
    * Definitely not, there are enough differences that it is not a violation of copywright - 0% (0)
     
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    There has been one such topic recently and answers have been provided.

    I will repeat what I said once more: while it doesn't have to be plagiarism in the legal sense, it's always lame to copy people's ideas and always better to come up with your own.

    Also, there is no sense whatsoever for a place to be named "Icewind", which shows that you simply like the name and want to use it, and in conjunction with the fact that the name was invented by someone else, makes it look like plagiarism, whether legally punishable or not.
     
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