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<blockquote data-quote="filthgrinder" data-source="post: 4882044" data-attributes="member: 64984">I think instead of immediately jumping on the WoTC is EVIL AND WRONG! bandwagon, let's look at this from a different point of view.They have provided a kit full of their images, artwork, logos and branding. They say, look, some people want to put D&amp;D fansites together, and they would like to use our logos, branding, and trade dress. Logos, branding, and trade dress are EXTREMELY valuable assets. So we need to come up with a policy to let people use them, WITHOUT harming the brand.So let's look at some of the &quot;complaints&quot;. &quot;OMG YOU CANT PUBLISH ADVENTURES!?!?!&quot; So what WotC is basically saying is, you can use our branding and trade dress for a site, but we don't want you to use the branding on an adventure, because that you seem like you are passing off your product as &quot;official&quot; when we have absolutely no control over the quality and content. People putting out crappy adventures with the official D&amp;D tradedress can effect the D&amp;D brand.The other is &quot;offense content and slanderous statements on the products&quot;. Basically the same thing. They don't want you to use their official logos and artwork to create a fan site and then slam the product. Someone who doesn't follow this stuff 100% happens across a site with all the D&amp;D official images and logos and see comments slamming the products will get turned off the product, that hurts the brand. WotC doesn't want to help you hurt them.I think alot of people just like to hem and haw about how WotC is evil and this is a horrible descision and write really angry posts. People really just need to sit back, take a breath, chill, and be cool. Call up some of your friends, get together, and play some D&amp;D. Have fun, have a great time, and don't worry so much.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="filthgrinder, post: 4882044, member: 64984"] I think instead of immediately jumping on the WoTC is EVIL AND WRONG! bandwagon, let's look at this from a different point of view. They have provided a kit full of their images, artwork, logos and branding. They say, look, some people want to put D&D fansites together, and they would like to use our logos, branding, and trade dress. Logos, branding, and trade dress are EXTREMELY valuable assets. So we need to come up with a policy to let people use them, WITHOUT harming the brand. So let's look at some of the "complaints". "OMG YOU CANT PUBLISH ADVENTURES!?!?!" So what WotC is basically saying is, you can use our branding and trade dress for a site, but we don't want you to use the branding on an adventure, because that you seem like you are passing off your product as "official" when we have absolutely no control over the quality and content. People putting out crappy adventures with the official D&D tradedress can effect the D&D brand. The other is "offense content and slanderous statements on the products". Basically the same thing. They don't want you to use their official logos and artwork to create a fan site and then slam the product. Someone who doesn't follow this stuff 100% happens across a site with all the D&D official images and logos and see comments slamming the products will get turned off the product, that hurts the brand. WotC doesn't want to help you hurt them. I think alot of people just like to hem and haw about how WotC is evil and this is a horrible descision and write really angry posts. People really just need to sit back, take a breath, chill, and be cool. Call up some of your friends, get together, and play some D&D. Have fun, have a great time, and don't worry so much. [/QUOTE]

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