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<blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 7824088" data-attributes="member: 2525"><p>That's not quite what I think he's arguing. I think what he's arguing is all the rules and descriptions and trademarkable names and trade dress and everything were invalidly transferred from Gygax to TSR. Which would mean TSR didn't have the right to transfer something they didn't actually own to WOTC. Which would mean WOTC didn't have the right to issue an open gaming license for something they didn't actually own. Which would mean everyone using that open gaming license didn't have the right to use any of that content for something they didn't actually have a valid license for, etc..</p><p></p><p>I think he's saying it all unravels. Everything.</p><p></p><p>Which is a really good sign this is not, and never will be, a thing. Courts don't tend to destroy entire industries over "Party X had more power than Party Y while negotiating this contract 50 years ago" type things.</p><p></p><p>I feel pretty confident the rights were validly transferred, and that even if there was some question about that at the time those questions were resolved long ago, and even if those things didn't happen then Hasbro would just settle the matter with the Gygax estate rather than just letting it all revert back to the Gygax estate.</p><p></p><p>So I see zero chance this could be an actual thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mistwell, post: 7824088, member: 2525"] That's not quite what I think he's arguing. I think what he's arguing is all the rules and descriptions and trademarkable names and trade dress and everything were invalidly transferred from Gygax to TSR. Which would mean TSR didn't have the right to transfer something they didn't actually own to WOTC. Which would mean WOTC didn't have the right to issue an open gaming license for something they didn't actually own. Which would mean everyone using that open gaming license didn't have the right to use any of that content for something they didn't actually have a valid license for, etc.. I think he's saying it all unravels. Everything. Which is a really good sign this is not, and never will be, a thing. Courts don't tend to destroy entire industries over "Party X had more power than Party Y while negotiating this contract 50 years ago" type things. I feel pretty confident the rights were validly transferred, and that even if there was some question about that at the time those questions were resolved long ago, and even if those things didn't happen then Hasbro would just settle the matter with the Gygax estate rather than just letting it all revert back to the Gygax estate. So I see zero chance this could be an actual thing. [/QUOTE]
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