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From: bob@plus5.UUCP (Bob Simpson)
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Subject: Re: What is a Balrog?
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 13:18:10 EDT
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In article <172@anwar.UUCP>, rob@anwar.UUCP (Robert R Stegmann) writes:
>                          ... was there some sort of copyright dispute -
> like when Melnibonean Mythos disappeared from the Demigods & Dieties
> manual?

	There was no copyright dispute to the best of my knowledge.  Chaosium
	clearly held the rights to product Melnibonean and Cthulhu based
	material.  They only wanted TSR to put something that said "Used with
	permission from The Chaosium".  TSR had a temper tantrum and decided to
	strip the pages out, put in some chintzy art and *still* charges $12.00
	for the book.

	I had also heard that Chaosium was considering obtaining the rights to
	publish Nehwon material.  What will TSR do then?  They have already cut
	16 pages of material out of the book.  Will another 9 disappear?
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	Dr. Bob					UUCP	..!ihnp4!plus5!bob

	The opinions expressed here are only loosely based on the facts.