Scott_Rouse
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Sorry Scott, but that does not help your case any. You asked other people and got the same polite no, which is no problem. But you did not ask why the no response was given. As a result you cannot then say that one reason or another was not the reason either. All you can legitamately say is that those reasons would not be ones for you, but that does not mean it couldn't be reasons for others.
Fair enough I did not dig in deeper with legal but really that is not my place to question why another brand and/or our legal department did something that does not affect my job/roles and responsibilities. I can tell you with almost 100% certainty it has nothing to do with jdrakeh's zine or a fan publishing policy.
As I tried to explain sometimes these old games have messy issues that can't be explained in public. So when it comes to permissions sometimes the best answer our legal team can provide it a simple "no" because the time get to root of the issue is too dear and the risk to just say "yes" is not worth it. Saying yes to a use may be a right we can't give.
Similarly, I deal with these issues regularly on requests for usage rights for old TSR articles and artwork. The contracts were poorly written at best and at worst are long gone so we may not know if we own the work outright, had one-time rights, or some version in-between.
Sometimes a no is all we can give.
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