D&D 5E Don't Throw 5e Away Because of Hasbro

[darjr]

Blurgate (ugh) is a sign of dysfunction at WotC.

I think that same kind of dysfunction lead to the OGL debacle.

And we didn’t even get an srd in the cc over it.

 

[Distracted DM]

A screwup that was a conscious decision is still a screwup. I see no reason to care much when the decision was reversed quickly months or even years ago.

Oh no, the decision wasn't reversed- they retracted the strikes but they didn't change their altered-after-the-fact requirements. Creators still spent all that time making videos that had to then be heavily altered to fit the changed guidelines.
edit: and to be clear, the original guidelines were pretty industry-standard.

 

[Sulicius]

Oh no, the decision wasn't reversed- they retracted the strikes but they didn't change their altered-after-the-fact requirements. Creators still spent all that time making videos that had to then be heavily altered to fit the changed guidelines.
edit: and to be clear, the original guidelines were pretty industry-standard.

Weird though that some refused to do it, or stuck to their guns, and they could still share what they made originally, like Sly Flourish.

It was a major screw up.

Personally, there has been nothing that impacted me or my groups, so I am not really bothered by any of it.

 

[AlViking]

Oh no, the decision wasn't reversed- they retracted the strikes but they didn't change their altered-after-the-fact requirements. Creators still spent all that time making videos that had to then be heavily altered to fit the changed guidelines.
edit: and to be clear, the original guidelines were pretty industry-standard.

I don't know why they made the decisions they made but it was still a screwup if they didn't provide the right requirements the first time. I was speaking more to the OGL mess that some people are still upset about or give as a reason they will never buy a DnD product again. Just my opinion of course people can hold a grudge if they want.

 

[Bae'zel]

edit: and to be clear, the original guidelines were pretty industry-standard.

I've always been curious what sort of copyright standards there are in the digital age.

For example, I am always surprised by "Let's Read" or "Where I read" forum threads which copy tons of material and rules from published works, sometimes page-by-page. I never understood how that was legal.

 

[AlViking]

I've always been curious what sort of copyright standards there are in the digital age.

For example, I am always surprised by "Let's Read" or "Where I read" forum threads which copy tons of material and rules from published works, sometimes page-by-page. I never understood how that was legal.

There can be a difference between what's legal and what's worth enforcing especially given how much effort you would have to put into not just detecting but tracking down responsible parties.

 

[Clint_L]

[deleted - not getting into this]

 

[Distracted DM]

There can be a difference between what's legal and what's worth enforcing especially given how much effort you would have to put into not just detecting but tracking down responsible parties.

Yup, there's a lot to consider with IP enforcement. Your rights over your IP, how transformative the derivative work/product/etc. you're looking at is, the practical difficulty of the enforcement, PR impact, public perception, etc. Biiig thing.

 

[TheSword]

I don't know why they made the decisions they made but it was still a screwup if they didn't provide the right requirements the first time. I was speaking more to the OGL mess that some people are still upset about or give as a reason they will never buy a DnD product again. Just my opinion of course people can hold a grudge if they want.

I suspect they were totally blindsided by youtubers sharing their entire product and calling it a review. Page by page. Has that ever happened before? I’m pretty gobsmacked by the whole thing. Can you ever imagine them doing a page by page release of a Level Up product?

 

[AlViking]

I suspect they were totally blindsided by youtubers sharing their entire product and calling it a review. Page by page. Has that ever happened before? I’m pretty gobsmacked by the whole thing. Can you ever imagine them doing a page by page release of a Level Up product?

Like I said above not familiar with all the issues but common sense would tell me that I can't share page after page after page even if it wasn't explicitly spelled out when I received my review copy.