Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply

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Subject: Re: A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply
From: justin-b@juno.com (Justin M Bosch)
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 23:34:32 EST
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The only resemblance that would be there is the name and characters.  How
could you possibly recreate in full a game designed for a 64-bit system
on a graphing calculator?  So call it Star something, make up some
characters and get cracking.  Also, I doubt he looked any further through
your letter once he got to the mention about using his company's
property.  On top of that, he probably has no clue what a TI-89 is.  I'm
not a lawyer though, so maybe when you are done, for your own safety, you
might want to send them the game and explain how they can run it to check
for infringement.  I doubt they will bother going to all of that trouble.

Justin Bosch
justin-b@juno.com

On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 21:55:27 -0600 "Miles Raymond" <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
writes:
>
>Hey everyone!  Take a look at the attached message and tell me what 
>your opinions about it are.  Do
>you think that means that if I make it, NOA will sue me?  I wouldn't 
>be making a profit out of it,
>but I don't think that Bill Reno recognized that all TI programs are 
>free.  Should I start on this,
>or should I avoid the risk of getting sued...
>
>And if you take a look at that second paragraph...  Do you think there 
>is anything going on between
>MS and NOA??  (next Nintendo platform will be running MS Windows64...) 
> Scary...
>
>-Miles Raymond
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Nintendo Nintendo <NINTENDO@noa.nintendo.com>
>To: m_rayman@bigfoot.com <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>
>Date: Wednesday, November 18, 1998 4:03 PM
>Subject: StarFox -Reply
>
>
>>Hello Miles!
>>
>>Thanks for contacting us before spending too much time on your
>>project.  I could attach the extremely lengthy form-letter response
>>from our Legal Department to companies\individuals asking to
>>use our copyrighted/trademarked property, but I'll condense it to
>>one word: No!
>>
>>Any distribution or use of a game containing the properties you
>>suggest would prompt swift action.  Our Legal Department
>>aggressively protects the company's property.  As would the
>>Legal Department of any company.  I'm sure if you were to contact
>>Microsoft, our neighbor, and ask if you could use the name
>>Windows for your OS, you would get that lengthy legal response
>>and possibly more!  ;-)
>>
>>Nintendo of America Inc.
>>Bill Reno
>>
>>World Wide Web URL: |  Power Line (Automated Product Info)
>>http://www.nintendo.com/ |   (425)885-7529
>>
>>>>> "Miles Raymond" <m_rayman@bigfoot.com> 11/16/98
>>07:50pm >>>
>>Hello
>>
>>My name is Miles Raymond.  I would like to know if I can make a
>>game for the Texas Instruments 89 (TI-89) graphing calculator
>>based on StarFox64.  I am contacting you first because I would
>>like to know if I would be infringing on any copyrights that
>>Nintendo has on the StarFox name or the game play/design.  The
>>title that I would like to make is called StarFox89 and it will be
>>programmed in assembly, for fast, efficient code.
>>
>>Thank you for you time, and your response.
>>
>>-Miles Raymond
>
>

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A89: Fw: StarFox -Reply

From: "Miles Raymond" <m_rayman@bigfoot.com>