Challenge Magazine?

[Raellus]

I'm not trying to be a buzz kill or wet blanket. I just don't want anyone here- or the forum as a whole- to get in trouble.

I think brief synopses and issue/page numbers is fine. I'd just rather we all be safe than sorry.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

While I don't know the specifics and it's going to vary from nation to nation, as far as I am aware, RN7 has violated no copyright/IP laws by posting the information in the manner he did.
Copying parts of an article is "generally" acceptable as long as it doesn't exceed a certain percentage but because he relayed parts of the article but in his own words, even this is not a particular concern.

Again, this is as far as I understand it, copyright laws protect the way an idea was expressed, presented or executed. The idea itself is not subject to copyright protection. So I believe that in RN7's case, there has no reprinting/copying or plagiarism so there has been no particular violation of copyright/IP.

[Raellus]

I didn't say there had been any copyright violation. I'm not trying to be heavy-handed or call anyone out. I'm just suggesting that we err on the side of caution, or at least be aware. Again, I'd hate for any forum member, or the forum itself, to get into any legal difficulties for making a mistake.

[RN7]

Challenge Magazine

Issue 25: The Baltic Coast: A Looters Guide for Twilight 2000 (Jeff Groteboer)
Issue 25: False Knight on the Road (John M. Ford) Small scenario set in Poland.
Issue 25: Twilight Miniatures Rules (Frank A. Chadwick) Various game charts for US and Soviet vehicles and weapons.
Issue 26: Air Module (Frank Fey) Air warfare information and some aircraft charts.
Issue 26: Equipment List: ERC-90, VAB charts
Issue 27: The Mexican Army: 1998-2000 (Frank A. Chadwick)
Issue 27: The Inland Waterway (William H. Keith) Scenario and material set in Texas and the Gulf Coast
Issue 27: The Hit List for WWIII (Loren K. Wiseman) American nuclear target list.
Issue 27: Consolidated Price List (Loren K. Wiseman) Price list for various weapons and items
Issue 28: Air Module II (Frank Fey) More aircraft charts.
Issue 28: Wilderness, Travel and Pursuit (William H. Keith) Information about the outdoors.
Issue 28: Ultralights (William H. Keith) Information about ultralights and some aircraft charts.
Issue 29: Weather (Mitchell K. Schwartz)
Issue 29: Inside an M1 (Harold Martin)
Issue 29: Buildings (Loren K. Wiseman) Optional rules of urban locales
Issue 29: Equipment List: AAVP-9, BMP-B, OT-64, Scorpion, T-72 charts
Issue 30: Shell Game (Adam Geibel) Scenario and material set in Iran, some equipment including portable tactical nuclear device
Issue 30: Canada 2000 (Legion G. McRae) Canadian timeline, nuclear target list and ORBAT
Issue 30: Equipment List: Challenger II, Fox, Gepard, Jagdpanzer Kanone, Leopard II, Spartan charts
Issue 31: USSR 2000 Part I (Brad R, Hay) Soviet timeline
Issue 31: Combat Examples (Lester W. Smith & Loren K. Wiseman) Game rules for combat
Issue 32: Equipment for Armor Crews (Fred Kiesche & Loren K. Wiseman)
Issue 32: Native Canadian Ranger Regiment (Adam Giebel)
Issue 32: Small Patrol Craft (Jeff Groteboer)
Issue 33: Haute Cuisine a la 2000 (Fred Kiesche & Loren K. Wiseman)
Issue 33: Equipment List: AMX-10P. AMX-10RC, AMX-30, Fuchs, Luchs, M7416 PIVAD, M901, M988, UR-416 charts
Issue 33: USSR 2000 Part II (Frank Fey & Loren K. Wiseman) Soviet nuclear target list.
Issue 34: Mobile Artillery-Mortars (Lester W. Smith & Frank A. Chadwick)
Issue 34: The Complete NPC (Roman J. Andron)
Issue 35: Citymaker (Loren K. Wiseman & Timothy B. Brown) Urban information.
Issue 36: Red Maple (Legion G. McRae) Scenario and material set in British Columbia
Issue 36: Equipment for Armor Crews (Robert Paul Troy)
Issue 37: Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Thomas E. Mulkey) Small scenario and material about escaped wildlife in Florida.
Issue 38: Military Electronics in Twilight (Paul T. Riegel) Military electronics charts.
Issue 38: Equipment List: Commando V300, Cougar, Grizzly, EE-11, Lynx charts.
Issue 39: Rifle River (Karl Johnson) Scenario and material set in New England and information about the Coast Guard.
Issue 40: Heavy Weapons Guide Preview (Loren K. Wiseman) Some weapons charts.
Issue 40: The Stoner 63 Weapons System (Loren K. Wiseman)
Issue 41: The Village (D. Acre) Small scenario about village in Poland.
Issue 42: A Rock in Troubled Waters (Adam Geibel) Scenario and material centred in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Issue 43: Sheltie Holiday (Loren K. Wiseman) Small scenario and material set in the Shetland Islands and Scotland.
Issue 44: Crossburn (Roman J. Andron) Scenario and material set in Iron Triangle region of Georgia
Issue 44: Falling Fragments of a Dream (David S. Portree) Already posted
Issue 45: Twilight II; The Adventure Continues (Loren K. Wiseman) Additional timeline and rules.
Issue 45: BAGS: Body Armor Generation System (Jason English)
Issue 46: Attack of the Mud Men (Loren K. Wiseman) Small scenario set in generic location.
Issue 47: Our Friend Albania (Adam Geibel) Material about Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro.
Issue 47: Used Car Lot (Jason English) Equipment list charts for some vehicles including HMMWV Avenger.
Issue 48: Barbados (Loren K. Wiseman) Scenario and material about Barbados
Issue 48: Strangers in a Strange Land (Adam Geibel) Small scenario about escaped Warsaw Pact POW's in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Issue 48: Infantry Weapons Guide Preview (Loren K. Wiseman) Some weapons charts.
Issue 49: Pennsylvania Cruse (Mitchell K. Schwartz) Small scenario and material about salvaging oil in Pennsylvania.
Issue 49: How to obtain Maps for Gaming (Loren K. Wiseman)
Issue 50: If You Go into the Woods Today (Adam Geibel) Small scenario set in generic location.
Issue 50: Water Rights (Terry Neal Sofian) Small scenario about New America set in generic location in rural America (possibly Colorado).
Issue 51: Black Siberia (Thomas A. Kane) Scenario set in NATO POW camp in Siberia.
Issue 51: Standard Operating Procedures (Thomas E, Mulkey) Small article about Rogers Rangers in the French and Indian Wars.
Issue 52: Going on Safari (Legion G. McRae & Michelle Sturgeon) Scenario and material set in Washington State and British Columbia.
Issue 53: Naval Rules for Twilight 2000 (Mitch Berg) Overview of training, skills and ranks for various navies.
Issue 53: New Equipment: Some weapons charts.
Issue 54: Seeing is Believing (Legion G. McRae) Small horror scenario set in generic location.
Issue 54: Terror in the Jungle (Adam Geibel) Small Merc 2000 scenario set in Nigeria.
Issue 55: New Vehicles (Keith Potter) Equipment list chart for M35, M54.
Issue 55: Jumpy Jehosophat (Thomas M. Kane) Small Merc 2000 scenario about an Israeli soldier.
Issue 56: Lima Incident (Paul T. Riegel) Already posted
Issue 56: Taking a Stand in Kurdistan (Robert James Christensen) Small Merc 2000 scenario.
Issue 57: Westward Ho! (D. Acre) Small scenario set in Kentucky and Tennessee.
Issue 57: Murphy's Law of Combat (Adam Geibel)
Issue 58: A Little Recon Mission (Paul T. Riegel) Already posted.
Issue 58: Silence is Golden (Craig Sheeley) Small Merc 2000 scenario set in South East Asia.
Issue 59: A Question of Identity (R. D. Crofts) Small scenario set in generic location.
Issue 60: Sailing (Mitch Berg) Article about sailing in Twilight 2000 and some charts on sail boats.
Issue 60: One Night in the City (Adam Geibel) Small Merc 2000 scenario about city gangs in generic location.
Issue 61: Spooktek (Roman J. Andron) Equipment list for espionage and surveillance equipment.
Issue 61: Murder Century (Thomas E. Mulkey) M-100 Special Objectives Firearm.
Issue 62: Spectre in the Sky (Robert James Christensen) The founding of Armageddon Airlines.
Issue 62: Things Got Weirder (Craig Sheeley) Small Merc 2000 scenario.
Issue 63: Dark Angel of the Night (Robert James Christensen) Merc 2000 scenario.
Issue 63: Battlesight Zero (Thomas E. Mulkey) Small article about snipers.
Issue 64: Handgun Alternatives (Daniel Casquilho) Equipment list charts for some old handguns.
Issue 64: Ship Shape (John T. Swann) Small Merc 2000 scenario.
Issue 65: It Was Unlikely (Legion G. McRae) Small horror scenario about werewolves.
Issue 65: Terror in the Light (George William Herbert) Small Merc 2000 scenario.
Issue 66: Achtung! Minen! (Mike Sweeney) Small scenario about minefield
Issue 66: Yearning for Antiquity (Chris Csakany) Equipment list charts for bows and crossbows.
Issue 67: Operation Boomerang (John T. Swann) Small Merc 2000 scenario.
Issue 67: All that Glitters (Andrew Borelli) Small scenario about treasure hunt in Poland.
Issue 68: Poppies (Andrew Borelli) Small scenario about opium farm in Middle East.
Issue 68: Rolf MacKenzie (Robert James Christensen) Small Merc 2000 scenario about British James Bond type character.
Issue 69: Avery's Raiders (Andrew Borelli) Scenario about American mercenary unit in Georgia.
Issue 69: Operation: Point Man (John T. Swann) Small Merc 2000 scenario.
Issue 70: Runners (Roman J. Andron) Merc 2000 scenario set in Central America.
Issue 70: Goodrich Hill (Thomas E. Mulkey) Small scenario set in Florida.
Issue 71: Tools of the Trade (Chuck Kallenbach) Equipment list charts for some weapons.
Issue 71: Going Up the Country (Robert James Christensen) Small Merc 2000 scenario about drug dealers.
Issue 72: Infantry Weapons (Hans-Christian Vortisch) Equipment list charts for some weapons.
Issue 72: Sabre Rattling (Allen Ray Garbee) Merc 2000 scenario about right wing extremists in Russia.
Issue 73: Crazy Horse (Robert Barnes) Scenario and material about a race to recover a crashed B-1B bomber in South Dakota and Mid-West.
Issue 73: Altruistic Motives (Andrew Borelli) Merc 2000 scenario set in Nigeria.
Issue 74: Damsel (Michael Todd) Merc 2000 scenario set in San Francisco.
Issue 74: Private Charter (Allen Ray Garbee) Small Merc 2000 scenario to capture a Japanese ship in Indian Ocean.
Issue 75: None
Issue 76: Babysitters (Glen Patton & Dirk Folmer) Small Merc 2000 scenario about Japan and Yakuza.
Issue 76: ID/D Aeroweapons (Roman J. Andron) Twilight 2000/Merc 2000 equipment list charts for some aircraft.
Issue 77: The Rocket's Red Glare (George William Herbert) Scenario and material about Japan and Tanegashima Space launch facility.
Issue 77: German Combat Equipment (Hans-Christian Vortisch) German Army weapons and equipment.

[unkated]

Or just see here:

The last response in the thread has Uncle Ted's handy Challenge index spreadsheet

Uncle Ted

[StainlessSteelCynic]

I didn't say there had been any copyright violation. I'm not trying to be heavy-handed or call anyone out. I'm just suggesting that we err on the side of caution, or at least be aware. Again, I'd hate for any forum member, or the forum itself, to get into any legal difficulties for making a mistake.

My apologies, I didn't intend to make it sound as though you had said there was any violation.
Text is just not good enough sometimes to reflect the tone in which something is meant

As a side note, Challenge No77 indicated that issue 78 would have a T2k adventure set in Australia involving I think, trying to re-establish the rail network between east and west.
Unfortunately No78 never got published.

[Olefin]

My apologies, I didn't intend to make it sound as though you had said there was any violation.
Text is just not good enough sometimes to reflect the tone in which something is meant

As a side note, Challenge No77 indicated that issue 78 would have a T2k adventure set in Australia involving I think, trying to re-establish the rail network between east and west.
Unfortunately No78 never got published.

Which really stinks as it would have been the first article set in Australia - and as far as I know the article was lost when Challenge shut down

[The Dark]

My apologies, I didn't intend to make it sound as though you had said there was any violation.
Text is just not good enough sometimes to reflect the tone in which something is meant

As a side note, Challenge No77 indicated that issue 78 would have a T2k adventure set in Australia involving I think, trying to re-establish the rail network between east and west.
Unfortunately No78 never got published.

The author of Indian Pacific (Darryl Adams) is still active in the RPG community. He had an article in issue six of Colonial Times (a 2300 fanzine) and did a fan expansion on GURPS Traveller. I'm not sure how to get in contact with him, but if someone can figure that part out, we may be able to learn if anything still exists of the article.