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<blockquote data-quote="JoeCrow" data-source="post: 13979" data-attributes="member: 1302"><p><strong>Potentially bad news</strong></p><p></p><p>Actually, Decipher shouldn't be a problem. Steve Long's not on the team anymore, but he seemed to think that *any* gaming interest in LotR was beneficial to their product. </p><p></p><p>What we need to worry about is Tolkien Enterprises.</p><p></p><p>TE are currently on a MERP web-pogrom. They're shutting down all the web pages supporting MERP, and they insisted that all the unsold MERP product in ICE's warehouses be destroyed. Their strict license interpretation is what is keeping Decipher from using any of the LotR IP outside of the Hobbit and the Trilogy, as opposed to ICE's use of material from the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. I understand that negotiations are ongoing to allow Chris Seeman's Other Hands (a long-standing MERP magazine) site to re-emerge from limbo, but there's no word yet. TE doesn't seem to have grasped the difference between fan-based world use and commercial infringement. In a lot of ways, it's like the TSR web-war. Hopefully, they'll come to realize that fan expansion is now key to the successful growth of any game system.</p><p></p><p>Fortunately, TE don't seem to have realized that there's anything out there besides MERP to worry about. As long as we keep our heads down and act natural, "the man" shouldn't hassle us. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> </p><p></p><p>We've just gotta maintain, man.</p><p></p><p>BTW: damn fine work, all round. Kudos and like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeCrow, post: 13979, member: 1302"] [b]Potentially bad news[/b] Actually, Decipher shouldn't be a problem. Steve Long's not on the team anymore, but he seemed to think that *any* gaming interest in LotR was beneficial to their product. What we need to worry about is Tolkien Enterprises. TE are currently on a MERP web-pogrom. They're shutting down all the web pages supporting MERP, and they insisted that all the unsold MERP product in ICE's warehouses be destroyed. Their strict license interpretation is what is keeping Decipher from using any of the LotR IP outside of the Hobbit and the Trilogy, as opposed to ICE's use of material from the Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales. I understand that negotiations are ongoing to allow Chris Seeman's Other Hands (a long-standing MERP magazine) site to re-emerge from limbo, but there's no word yet. TE doesn't seem to have grasped the difference between fan-based world use and commercial infringement. In a lot of ways, it's like the TSR web-war. Hopefully, they'll come to realize that fan expansion is now key to the successful growth of any game system. Fortunately, TE don't seem to have realized that there's anything out there besides MERP to worry about. As long as we keep our heads down and act natural, "the man" shouldn't hassle us. :D We've just gotta maintain, man. BTW: damn fine work, all round. Kudos and like that. [/QUOTE]
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