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[The Fifth Horseman]

Originally Posted by Paco

Maniac Mansion is from 1987 and is more then 15 years old and is hence no more protected or? If Maniac Mansion is no more protected so is Maniac Mansion Deluxe too since it is based on the Original and Why is there no Review of the Original? <_<

You still don't get it, do you? MM Deluxe has been removed since LucasArts threatened to sue the authors for copyright infrigement. Look that up, will you?

Originally Posted by Icewolf

Does that mean if you wanted to make a legal fan-remake, you would have to do something like this?
Original:
Syd, musician, yellow tie
Fan-game:
Ryd, guitar-player, red tie <_<

And it wouldn't be the Edisons but the Hedisons and such crap?

Precisely. <_< And even then you might get in trouble because the plot of the game is subject to copyrights as well.

[HeliumFreak]

Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman

You still don't get it, do you? MM Deluxe has been removed since LucasArts threatened to sue the authors for copyright infrigement. Look that up, will you?


Precisely. <_< And even then you might get in trouble because the plot of the game is subject to copyrights as well.

I dont mean to start any problems but if this is the case can you please try to explain this. Ive downloaded it and it works fine.

**Edit

I now realize how old this topic is, and that im replying to a post that was 4 years ago, but still, they claim to have been hosting the file for 3 years prior to the post im replying to.

http://www.gamershell.com/download_5988.shtml

Maniac Mansion Deluxe Full Release
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Maniac Mansion Deluxe Full Release