Martin wrote:
>"Section 13 also raises a concern for small
>publishers. The 30 day limit for bringing material
>into compliance is probably no big deal for
electronic
>publishers; and large publishers can (perhaps) afford
>to have a title pulled from the shelves for
>correction (maybe stickers or errata sheets or
>whatever -- some method to revise what is marked as
>open or closed).
>But what about a small, paper publisher? The cost of
>pulling a book, correcting it, and redistributing it
>may turn a marginal seller into a fiscal
>disaster."
You raise an issue I have been thinking about, since
we are a small publisher. I have addressed this issue
in the following way. Drafts of our first products
include the following notice in addition to the
standard OGL notice and information:
"Necromancer Games reserves the right if, by operation
of law or by agreement of the parties, additional
material is designated as open content to so designate
that content as open content on the Products Update
page of our web site."
Meaning, rather than reprint, I can simply update a
products page on our web site and indicate that any
disputed material which has been determined to be open
is now in fact open material. I don't want to have to
deal with recal and reprint either. And this should
solve the open designation issue.
I will say that I plan on running a copy of some of
our content by WotC legal prior to release. I don't
want to set a precedent that they somehow have the
right to screen our work prior to release, but with
the license being in its infancy I would rather be
safe than sorry. Plus it will subsequently be evidence
of good faith on my part if there are future legal
issues.
I am trying to come up with a similar catch all
provision to deal with the situation of an inadvertent
use of a copyrighted term or a trademark. That
presents a more difficult situation.
Clark
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