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<blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 4696806" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>Yup. As a fanzine (as opposed to a published commercial non-news product or a personal project that would be distributed on the web, for fun or profit), there are certain rights of fair use that come into play. An offhand "no" to any IP usage seems to exclude that caveat. For instance, while a feature article that might utilize IP to construct a new game might be off limits, an article on the history of the a property might well be able to use certain IP extensively. Sure, it isn't WotC legal's obligation to get into the various details of what might be possible to do, but they can certainly be more clear about what is not allowed. Sadly, as Scott points out, WotC does not have the time or manpower to address over one hundred requests in a month. Seems to me like doing a little more in advance would probably prevent problems that are inevitible in this era where WotC does not have the OGL to point toward as a pretty solid blanket policy with a vast community helping to keep one another mostly on the straight and narrow.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Until there is a fan policy in place, Scott is the face and ersatz fan-question-interface (by virtue of his presence here and about, as it were), particularly when phone calls can only solicit a "Sorry, but no" response.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mark, post: 4696806, member: 5"] Yup. As a fanzine (as opposed to a published commercial non-news product or a personal project that would be distributed on the web, for fun or profit), there are certain rights of fair use that come into play. An offhand "no" to any IP usage seems to exclude that caveat. For instance, while a feature article that might utilize IP to construct a new game might be off limits, an article on the history of the a property might well be able to use certain IP extensively. Sure, it isn't WotC legal's obligation to get into the various details of what might be possible to do, but they can certainly be more clear about what is not allowed. Sadly, as Scott points out, WotC does not have the time or manpower to address over one hundred requests in a month. Seems to me like doing a little more in advance would probably prevent problems that are inevitible in this era where WotC does not have the OGL to point toward as a pretty solid blanket policy with a vast community helping to keep one another mostly on the straight and narrow. Until there is a fan policy in place, Scott is the face and ersatz fan-question-interface (by virtue of his presence here and about, as it were), particularly when phone calls can only solicit a "Sorry, but no" response. [/QUOTE]
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