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<blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 7825135" data-attributes="member: 3457"><p>So someone cited Superman. This very thing did happen to DC. Look in a modern Superman comic. It says “Presented by special arrangement with the Siegel family”. DC lost part of the rights to Superman but not the trademark. They negotiated in court and with Siegel’s family to maintain ownership rights to a huge part of the Superman mythos that was awarded to the Siegel’s in court. Ed Greenwood could very well reclaim the right to the forgotten realms because the ideas that make up the Realms predated D&D. Many of the countries, characters and religions predate D&D and long ago US courts ruled that copy exists when the work is created, whether registered or not and Ed has reams upon reams of Realms lore that predates TSR and their purchase of the world. It’s been speculated that WOTC has to publish FR materials or lose the rights to publish products featuring the Forgotten Realms and the ability to license it. Ed probably makes more than enough money that he won’t pursue such a course of action with the Realms being the largest and most well know campaign in fantasy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="teitan, post: 7825135, member: 3457"] So someone cited Superman. This very thing did happen to DC. Look in a modern Superman comic. It says “Presented by special arrangement with the Siegel family”. DC lost part of the rights to Superman but not the trademark. They negotiated in court and with Siegel’s family to maintain ownership rights to a huge part of the Superman mythos that was awarded to the Siegel’s in court. Ed Greenwood could very well reclaim the right to the forgotten realms because the ideas that make up the Realms predated D&D. Many of the countries, characters and religions predate D&D and long ago US courts ruled that copy exists when the work is created, whether registered or not and Ed has reams upon reams of Realms lore that predates TSR and their purchase of the world. It’s been speculated that WOTC has to publish FR materials or lose the rights to publish products featuring the Forgotten Realms and the ability to license it. Ed probably makes more than enough money that he won’t pursue such a course of action with the Realms being the largest and most well know campaign in fantasy. [/QUOTE]
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