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<blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 4676522" data-attributes="member: 10177">Actually it would be. Depending. If you use a &quot;character sheet&quot; created by WOTC? Yes, it would be a violation, we only have permission &quot;for personal use only&quot;, publishing it on the WWW with uncontrolled distribution is not &quot;personal use only&quot;.Also, even if you create your own character sheet format, you still need to be sure not to use any terms WOTC has covered by copyright, otherwise you will still be in violation of copyright.You can likely successfully argue &quot;Fair use&quot; when your distributing it among your friends with whom you game, but when you put it up on the WWW its no longer &quot;fair use&quot; or &quot;personal use&quot;, so your then flirting with copyright violations.So if you put a sheet up on a private website, or via a private chat board, your probably fine with &quot;Fair&quot; and &quot;personal&quot; usage, but when you put things up to where anyone can use it? Your going beyond the scope of &quot;Fair Use&quot; as well as &quot;personal use&quot;.Even private chat boards don't fully protect you, thats because when you go beyond a certain number of people you arguably become a club, or similar &quot;public&quot; entity, and WOTC could go after you then as well.DISCLAIMER: No, I am not a lawyer, and am in no way offering &quot;legal advice&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Treebore, post: 4676522, member: 10177"] Actually it would be. Depending. If you use a "character sheet" created by WOTC? Yes, it would be a violation, we only have permission "for personal use only", publishing it on the WWW with uncontrolled distribution is not "personal use only". Also, even if you create your own character sheet format, you still need to be sure not to use any terms WOTC has covered by copyright, otherwise you will still be in violation of copyright. You can likely successfully argue "Fair use" when your distributing it among your friends with whom you game, but when you put it up on the WWW its no longer "fair use" or "personal use", so your then flirting with copyright violations. So if you put a sheet up on a private website, or via a private chat board, your probably fine with "Fair" and "personal" usage, but when you put things up to where anyone can use it? Your going beyond the scope of "Fair Use" as well as "personal use". Even private chat boards don't fully protect you, thats because when you go beyond a certain number of people you arguably become a club, or similar "public" entity, and WOTC could go after you then as well. DISCLAIMER: No, I am not a lawyer, and am in no way offering "legal advice". [/QUOTE]

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