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<blockquote data-quote="Saracenus" data-source="post: 8921497" data-attributes="member: 47839"><p>[USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER]</p><p>How you would receive the SRD 5.1 CC if WotC were to remove it from the creative commons license was not clear to me. I read through this post and it made thing a little clearer (Note: This is not legal advice and the author is not a lawyer):</p><p><a href="https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/05/11/q-can-you-revoke-a-creative-commons-license-a-no-er-sort-of-maybe/" target="_blank">Q: Can You Revoke a Creative Commons License? A: No. Er… Sort Of? Maybe?</a></p><p>It is in the context of publishing a textbook (close enough) but it mainly deals with changing your creative commons license, in essence having a dual license. It is less clear about the removal of the material from CC. The take away was be very cautious choosing your CC license.</p><p></p><p>The comments section did give me this link that may be more helpful:</p><p><a href="https://legaldb.creativecommons.org/cases/" target="_blank">CC Legal Database</a></p><p>This list all cases that affected a CC license. Most of the US cases are from photographers.</p><p></p><p>There was talk in the comments section about what happens if a creator removes their work and potentially how they could still access it, but this is not a group of lawyers talking about this but academics involved in publishing research and learning. </p><p></p><p>My take away on the problem for WotC pulling their material published under CC, i.e. they take down the website hosting the SRD 5.1-CC is that any copy of their work out in the wild (either hosted somewhere or in a printed somewhere) continues to offer the license for anyone finding it or being given a copy of it.</p><p>WotC also chose one of the most permissive CC licenses possible, so there is no effective way to restrict it later with a more restrictive CC license. In the TTRPG space, as soon as someone publishes the SRD 5.1-CC and hosts it, the downstream effect of the license will keep it going whether WotC pulls their version of it or not. In my opinion, which legally means nothing.</p><p></p><p>My take away, consult a lawyer versed in IP law to figure this out and have them explain to you the risks involved because I don't think there is any case on record to give you guidance on this specific manner.</p><h3></h3></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Saracenus, post: 8921497, member: 47839"] [USER=42582]@pemerton[/USER] How you would receive the SRD 5.1 CC if WotC were to remove it from the creative commons license was not clear to me. I read through this post and it made thing a little clearer (Note: This is not legal advice and the author is not a lawyer): [URL='https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2022/05/11/q-can-you-revoke-a-creative-commons-license-a-no-er-sort-of-maybe/']Q: Can You Revoke a Creative Commons License? A: No. Er… Sort Of? Maybe?[/URL] It is in the context of publishing a textbook (close enough) but it mainly deals with changing your creative commons license, in essence having a dual license. It is less clear about the removal of the material from CC. The take away was be very cautious choosing your CC license. The comments section did give me this link that may be more helpful: [URL='https://legaldb.creativecommons.org/cases/']CC Legal Database[/URL] This list all cases that affected a CC license. Most of the US cases are from photographers. There was talk in the comments section about what happens if a creator removes their work and potentially how they could still access it, but this is not a group of lawyers talking about this but academics involved in publishing research and learning. My take away on the problem for WotC pulling their material published under CC, i.e. they take down the website hosting the SRD 5.1-CC is that any copy of their work out in the wild (either hosted somewhere or in a printed somewhere) continues to offer the license for anyone finding it or being given a copy of it. WotC also chose one of the most permissive CC licenses possible, so there is no effective way to restrict it later with a more restrictive CC license. In the TTRPG space, as soon as someone publishes the SRD 5.1-CC and hosts it, the downstream effect of the license will keep it going whether WotC pulls their version of it or not. In my opinion, which legally means nothing. My take away, consult a lawyer versed in IP law to figure this out and have them explain to you the risks involved because I don't think there is any case on record to give you guidance on this specific manner. [HEADING=2][/HEADING] [/QUOTE]
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