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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrozenNorth" data-source="post: 8361519" data-attributes="member: 7020832">I would say that the more a contract is outside the norm of a standard transaction the more……boilerplate is unlikely to reflect all the possible issues that may arise;…a lawyer, even an experienced lawyer, is likely to fail to consider possible consequences of the wording chosen;…the less likely any boilerplate that exists will have been tested in court.So, a contest in which contestants are submitting artistic works (that therefore has to deal with IP issues arising from that) is further outside the norm than either standard IP-for-hire agreements or standard contests.I do agree with you that the terms and conditions are likely legally valid, making this more a reputation or PR than a legal issue.  However, I believe it is extremely likely that the consequences of licensing the work of unsuccessful contestants wasn’t considered by D&D Beyond: no one gave much thought to the consequences of requiring contestants to license their submissions for no pay.</blockquote>