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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 8173706" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>It wasn't ads. It was that Wizards of the Coast only had the first-run rights to the <em>Knights of the Dinner Table</em> (which is owned by Kenzer Co.) strips that were in some of their later issues. Kenzer filed suit, alleging that the CD-ROM (which featured digital copies of <em>Dragon</em> issues #1-250 in their entirety) constituted reprinting the strips, and was a violation of the "first-printing only" contract.</p><p></p><p>The case was settled, as such cases often are, and Kenzer Co. got several concessions from WotC:</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">They got to use a lot of D&D intellectual property for their HackMaster "4th Edition" game.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">They got to print 3E-compatible Kingdoms of Kalamar books not only without using the OGL, but also with the actual D&D logo (though WotC would look at and approve these before they were released).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">They got to publish several D&D comic books (all of which were mini-series).</li> </ol><p>Of course, those concessions all had expiration dates, which is why by the time D&D 4th Edition came out, Kenzer Co. was making a new version of HackMaster, and was releasing a 4E-compatible Kingdoms of Kalamar without any license with WotC (Dave Kenzer is an IP attorney, so the prospect didn't worry him).</p><p></p><p>Now, that's the story as I've heard it; someone else might have more details or better insight. I'll add only that, while I'm no lawyer, I've since heard that similar cases (about what constitutes a breach of a first-printing only contract) have gone to court, only to determine that such reprints actually <em>don't</em> constitute a violation. But that's something I heard third-hand, so take it with a fairly large grain of salt.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 8173706, member: 8461"] It wasn't ads. It was that Wizards of the Coast only had the first-run rights to the [I]Knights of the Dinner Table[/I] (which is owned by Kenzer Co.) strips that were in some of their later issues. Kenzer filed suit, alleging that the CD-ROM (which featured digital copies of [I]Dragon[/I] issues #1-250 in their entirety) constituted reprinting the strips, and was a violation of the "first-printing only" contract. The case was settled, as such cases often are, and Kenzer Co. got several concessions from WotC: [LIST=1] [*]They got to use a lot of D&D intellectual property for their HackMaster "4th Edition" game. [*]They got to print 3E-compatible Kingdoms of Kalamar books not only without using the OGL, but also with the actual D&D logo (though WotC would look at and approve these before they were released). [*]They got to publish several D&D comic books (all of which were mini-series). [/LIST] Of course, those concessions all had expiration dates, which is why by the time D&D 4th Edition came out, Kenzer Co. was making a new version of HackMaster, and was releasing a 4E-compatible Kingdoms of Kalamar without any license with WotC (Dave Kenzer is an IP attorney, so the prospect didn't worry him). Now, that's the story as I've heard it; someone else might have more details or better insight. I'll add only that, while I'm no lawyer, I've since heard that similar cases (about what constitutes a breach of a first-printing only contract) have gone to court, only to determine that such reprints actually [I]don't[/I] constitute a violation. But that's something I heard third-hand, so take it with a fairly large grain of salt. [/QUOTE]
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