Villians & Vigilantes Creators Win Lawsuit, Rights To Game

Posted by timothy on Monday March 18, 2013 @10:11AM from the remember-my-brother-playing-this dept.

rcade writes "Jeff Dee and Jack Herman, the creators of the old-school super-hero roleplaying game Villains & Vigilantes, have won a copyright and trademark lawsuit over the game's publisher Scott Bizar of Fantasy Games Unlimited. Magistrate Judge Mark E. Aspey of the U.S. District Court of Arizona ruled that Jeff Dee and Jack Herman own the rights to the game based on the 1979 contract they reached with Bizar. The court also found that Bizar never had the right to sell derivative products or ebook PDF editions, which are a big deal to tabletop publishers these days. Too bad this judge didn't hear Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's case."

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Re:Villians? by sunwukong · 2013-03-18 10:22 · Score: 5, Funny

Obviously the error was the work of that nefarious criminal, Transpose Dr, and his evil minion, The DistractoPedant!
Re:Mixed Feelings by Anonymous Coward · 2013-03-18 11:15 · Score: 3, Funny

When I first saw the ad for the V&V expansion "Final Fight with the Furies" I was fairly certain it said "Anal Fight with the Furries." I fully expect this to be downvoted to oblivion but go to the website and check it out for yourself before you judge. It's the second item down in the purple box.