> At 03:29 PM 9/27/00 -0700, "Ryan S. Dancey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >It doesn't give anyone any rights; it just gives them a little piece of
mind
> >about doing something that's totally illegal.
>
> Give me a break. There's nothing illegal about the material produced in
> compliance with the online policy. If I produced a work relying on the
policy
> and Wizards sued me, Exhibit A in the court case would be the policy,
which
> spells out exactly how I can permissably create and publish derivative
works
> based on your copyrights and trademarks. How could Wizards possibly argue
> that I'm infringing on your rights if my work followed your own published
> guidelines for online, not-for-profit derivative work?
>
> If your comments reflect the opinion of Wizards of the Coast in regard
> to the online policy, I think it's contemptible to encourage people to
> create works that the company considers to be illegal. Nothing in the
policy
> hints at the notion that Wizards believes work in compliance with the
> policy is illegal.
>
> http://www.wizards.com/contactinfo/TSR_Online_Policy.asp
I would have to agree with Roger here...as per the TSR Online Policy
"4. Go ahead and write your own adventures, stories or rules variations, but
make them original. "
If it still is illegal, is WotC in fact encouraging it? I don't think so.
I realize the intent was to say hey..you can create stuff...just dont' steal
our stuff. I realize the intent, however, in the end, if it is illegal, it
should be mentioned on the page, as it is rather misleading. From that one
sentence, its gives the appearance of encouragement to create online works,
however, from your statement of illegality, Ryan, it seems contradictory.
I didn't mean to start an entire Thread up on this...however, it seems I am
not the only one with interest on this topic.
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