Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana Compendium PDF

gyor · Aug 27, 2017

BoldItalic said:
Wrong. WotC have not given away the copyright, whether for free or not. Giving away copies of a work does not constitute giving away the copyright. The right to distribute those copies remains with the copyright owner. The OP does not have permission to redistribute the material.

By claiming the right to distribute the material himself, he is attempting to seize the copyright. It isn't his. He has stolen it.

But, it's not my problem if you don't understand that.

Copyright isn't a thing, an object, its a social construct.

Morrus · Aug 27, 2017

gyor said:
Copyright isn't a thing, an object, its a social construct.

It’s a right. Rights have value. That’s why we defend them and fight for them so much.

BoldItalic · Aug 27, 2017

gyor said:
Copyright isn't a thing, an object, its a social construct.

So is the money in your bank account. Is it okay with you if I use it?

Demetrios1453 · Aug 27, 2017

gyor said:
Call him a thief is idiotic, you can't steal what someone gave away for free

So I can just go and take any car, appliance, etc that people have won on game shows with no repercussions? Awesome! I'm sure your argument will hold up wonderfully in court when I am immediately arrested...

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Hussar · Aug 28, 2017

I always love these copyright discussions. It's stunning to see how little value people place on other people's ideas.

Not that copyright is perfect. I personally feel it's too long, to be honest. Life of the owner+10 would probably be a decent length, IMO. But, it's also a pretty complicated issue.

Berghammerzg · Nov 20, 2017

Hope they come out with a UA book like all other editions. UA are always fun to spice up the game

Sadras · Nov 20, 2017

@BoldItalic or anyone else knowledgeable on the matter.
1. If the OP had to put it on the DMs Guild would that be ok or is it an issue because it is a full-on copy paste scenario?
2. So say someone wanted to redo the any chapter of the PHB or DMG, but was going to use parts of the book as written but still put it up on the DMs Guild, is that an issue?

BoldItalic · Nov 20, 2017

Sadras said:
@BoldItalic or anyone else knowledgeable on the matter.
1. If the OP had to put it on the DMs Guild would that be ok or is it an issue because it is a full-on copy paste scenario?
2. So say someone wanted to redo the any chapter of the PHB or DMG, but was going to use parts of the book as written but still put it up on the DMs Guild, is that an issue?

The phrase "feet not touching the ground" comes to mind.

Parmandur · Nov 21, 2017

Sadras said:
@BoldItalic or anyone else knowledgeable on the matter.
1. If the OP had to put it on the DMs Guild would that be ok or is it an issue because it is a full-on copy paste scenario?
2. So say someone wanted to redo the any chapter of the PHB or DMG, but was going to use parts of the book as written but still put it up on the DMs Guild, is that an issue?

UA material is specifically excluded, though they have put some playtest material on DMs Guild to let people iterate on it (Artificer, Mystic)

Varilak · Jul 26, 2019

Nice! Thanks for helping to gather this up!

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