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<blockquote data-quote="Radiating Gnome" data-source="post: 6232119" data-attributes="member: 150"><p>I think you're seeing villainy where there is none, personally. Contests are a different beast. An established designer or writer would probably not enter -- they're an opportunity for new talents to try to short circuit the path to "glory". </p><p></p><p>As for the question about all submissions becoming the property of Paizo -- that's probably just a necessary legal defense. Without that condition of entry, they would open themselves up to a wide variety of copyright infringement suits. </p><p></p><p>Imagine this: I submit a wonderous item called "gnome's glowy thumb" which helps find treasure. I don't win, but six months later a paizo adventure comes out and there, in the text of the adventure, is an item called "Gnomish Nose For Loot", a gold nose that the wearer can put on that helps find treasure. I would have a reasonable case to take to court and sue Paizo over that, claiming they had stolen the idea from my contest entry -- even if it were just a coincidence. Even if that adventure had been written two years earlier, including that item, it would probably cost Paizo more in legal fees to prove it than any damages I might win in my suit. Even worse that the money, it would waste a ton of time and effort. </p><p></p><p>But, by making a stipulation of entry the legal transfer of ownership of the idea to Paizo, they hopefully avoid that whole situation. </p><p></p><p>-rg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Radiating Gnome, post: 6232119, member: 150"] I think you're seeing villainy where there is none, personally. Contests are a different beast. An established designer or writer would probably not enter -- they're an opportunity for new talents to try to short circuit the path to "glory". As for the question about all submissions becoming the property of Paizo -- that's probably just a necessary legal defense. Without that condition of entry, they would open themselves up to a wide variety of copyright infringement suits. Imagine this: I submit a wonderous item called "gnome's glowy thumb" which helps find treasure. I don't win, but six months later a paizo adventure comes out and there, in the text of the adventure, is an item called "Gnomish Nose For Loot", a gold nose that the wearer can put on that helps find treasure. I would have a reasonable case to take to court and sue Paizo over that, claiming they had stolen the idea from my contest entry -- even if it were just a coincidence. Even if that adventure had been written two years earlier, including that item, it would probably cost Paizo more in legal fees to prove it than any damages I might win in my suit. Even worse that the money, it would waste a ton of time and effort. But, by making a stipulation of entry the legal transfer of ownership of the idea to Paizo, they hopefully avoid that whole situation. -rg [/QUOTE]
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