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I never saw them "attacking" OSRIC. Clark is a lawyer and Steve C. is married to one! They probably did their own legal analysis and erred on the side of caution. Also remember that both of those gents are businessmen and are running for-profit businesses, while OSRIC is more of a fan based...

One other thing to keep in mind too is the nebulous state of the RPG as a "game". Ryan Dancey himself had stated he created the OGL to avoid what he believes is the inevitable future--somebody in the gaming industry makes a successful argument that because an RPG is more book and setting than...

Regarding OSRIC, I can't speak for Clark but I think I can see it like this. The problem with OSRIC, as opposed to something like, say, C&C, is this. C&C appears to have been started from the System Reference Document, and then tweaked it so it emulates 1e play without actually being 1e...

Regarding this back and forth. I think it's okay to have a sense of health skepticism and question facts and figures. However, I also know in this day and age, it has become the status quo for people to start attacking the messenger and not the message. You see it in politics all the...

Gygax Games has only agreed to publish Gary's Lejendary Adventures line with Mongoose Games--and things have been delayed due to internal things that need to be resolved, as Gail has stated. Castle Zagyg--which is what I assume you're referring to--it's publisher, form, fate, etc., AFAIK has...

To be honest, Clark has a good idea regarding at least WoTC considering the adoption of either (a) "classic support" for other D&D games, or (b) making settings rules-neutral. With each new edition of D&D, there is a fracturing of the consumer base. I don't believe this is necessary, as you...

There was an update from Gail herself on the Gygax Games board Looking back on this thread, I wanted to thank most of the people at ENWorld for being a lot more understanding and respectful of Gail than many of the "die-hard" fans. I think in the scheme of things Gary would be most...

Gary Gygax had connection with the Marvel Productions team (the people who did the animation) via the Dungeons and Dragons entertainment company (and of course the cartoon they did). I'm not sure how well he knew them all, although I think Buzz Dixon was a friend. Flint Dille also had...

Somebody needs to show Kenneth Hite this lawsuit and have him come up with some plausible conspiracy theory as a game MacGuffin... Of course, this particular one might be even beyond Mr. Hite's abilities... PS--from what I've gathered, his suits aren't for money, but to get restraining orders...

Actually, that's what I meant by the elipsis...the stupidest lawsuit ever filed against Wizards of the Coast (and Gary Gygax). But I think this guy has actually elsewhere done the stupidest lawsuit ever. Check this link out--this is just the link of defendants...

With a lot of legal talk about lawsuits, IP, etc., and with the research I did recently on PACER, I figured I should let you guys read the outright most stupid lawsuit ever. Attached is a ZIP file of the lawsuit. Basically this guy wanted a restraining order against WoTC and Gary Gygax (after...

Yes, people forget there's a middle road to DRM. There's the people who think DRM is an utter necessity, there's the other people who think DRM should never be used. I don't like the content industry trying to force things like a "broadcast flag"--at least where legitimate uses like...

Maybe this is a moral or economic choice for the company? Maybe the benefit of exploiting the PDF audience (at least PDFs not protected by DRM) is not worse the economic costs. Like I've said elsewhere, I think D&D will ultimately morph into something requiring a special board, collectable...

It doesn't matter in the eyes of the law and literature yet. Ultimately, following your standards, there are only 7 plots and no real true ideas. Specific expressions are protected IP. You can have a generic cape and flying superhero but there's only one Superman, for instance. The examples...

It's pretty funny how D&D was "broken" all this time until 4e came along. What some people call broken other people actually call messing with traditional archetypes and situations. I think Pathfinder will do well.

Yeah, but it's a lot more of a pain in the ass. And the job of cutting them and the flimsy paper would make it harder for use. (Not to mention the possibility of making it a hybrid game like magic where the cards themselves are collectibles, making it worthless to pirate.)

Except the fans that are the type who pirate aren't what I'd call fans--I certainly wouldn't want a fan who was willing to copy my work without paying for it. If the so-called fans weren't doing that, I think PDFs would still be selling. And based on what I see in this temp forums, a LOT of...

Actually, the part about it being harder to claim damages is false under US Law. The following statute was added to copyright law in 1997 to prevent people from saying that if you're doing it not-for-profit. NET Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This was passed in Congress when somebody...

That 10 Days can make a lot of difference. Have you SEEN how many people here go ga-ga over a new book. We've had threads discussing people trying to get their book first and cancelling on-line orders because their local store got the street date.

What lessons? I'm not a big fan of people saying the various industries should not worry about privacy. Honestly, the people who say that in my mind are akin to a Mafia boss saying "you better co-operate and pay protection or we will ruin you"--except replace protection racketeering with IP...