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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dm4hire" data-source="post: 4675884" data-attributes="member: 14848">This could be debated either way Piratecat.  Since there were no offical power cards or anyway of doing it via WotC (until recently with the advent of the character generator and soon the actual cards) as long as they were not making profit WotC had to prove that by producing them the website was infracting on their copyright in away to deny them money.  Which would have been hard pressed since players still need the PH to play the game; granted they only need one.If you follow the threads about piracy on Techdirt you'll see arguements on both sides proving how sites like the aforementioned actually do drive the market.  Most people prefer to be legitamit and having gotten a taste of what could be obtained most people actually go out and buy the real deal.  One way of looking at it from a marketing aspect that WotC should have done was not send an immediate C&D but request information as to how successful it was then compare and then offer to purchase the method of creation if it was proving to be more popular.  Or working with them so that perhaps they were the only sactioned site outside of WotC where you could acquire them via the web but require free advertising for WotC products.A good case in point was the recent dispute Hasbro had with Scrabulous.  The backlash that happened from their C&D to the main site and Facebook was horrible for the company and it was proven that Scrabulous had actually increased sales of Scrabble.  Their C&D resulted in a legalized variant game being made which doesn't have quite the same following, nor does Hasbro's official Scrabble, so both sides lost out.I just hope that WotC doesn't put a clamp on the template, which could be viewed as a character sheet.  I also hope that WotC is really weighing their options before issuing the C&D or they will start taking on the persona of the RIAA in a lot of peoples minds and we all know how that has worked out for the recording industry, ticking off the fans is not a good thing.I agree that a fan site guideline would help a lot if they are going to try and limit fans and it would need to be posted were it can be easily found and referred to.</blockquote>

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