I think that the death of a main character is a rather important part of a plot. This should not have been described as a "minor" or "small" spoiler at all, but a MAJOR one.
If an author's family/heirs keep on the ball, a collection of text can be kept under copyright indefinitely.
Example: Charles Dicken's estate still holds the rights to the novel "David Copperfield". All they do is make sure to have an intro or foreword rewritten, or perhaps add an index (stupid?), change the typeface or pagination, whatever. The resulting *different* work is then copyrighted, but contains the original work as a subset. Fits through the loop-hole nice and technical, like.
As long as someone wants to retain and defend the rights to a work, they can find a way to do it.
Funny you should mention Macintosh, a company distingushed in its early days for embracing the educational market. I, too, felt that this strategy portended great market gains, when all of those Mac-using pre-teens went on into the workplace. No dice, though. We will see.
Slashdot Mirror
I could play that game a million times and still not get tired of it.
First, people complain when Katz is long-winded, now they complain when he is more succinct. D'oh!
I think that the death of a main character is a rather important part of a plot. This should not have been described as a "minor" or "small" spoiler at all, but a MAJOR one.
"Major" Tony
If an author's family/heirs keep on the ball, a collection of text can be kept under copyright indefinitely.
Example: Charles Dicken's estate still holds the rights to the novel "David Copperfield". All they do is make sure to have an intro or foreword rewritten, or perhaps add an index (stupid?), change the typeface or pagination, whatever. The resulting *different* work is then copyrighted, but contains the original work as a subset. Fits through the loop-hole nice and technical, like.
As long as someone wants to retain and defend the rights to a work, they can find a way to do it.
Funny you should mention Macintosh, a company distingushed in its early days for embracing the educational market. I, too, felt that this strategy portended great market gains, when all of those Mac-using pre-teens went on into the workplace. No dice, though. We will see.
I have yet to find a game that has as much replay value as MarioKart-64. The fact that the graphics kick ass is just gravy!