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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 3474358" data-attributes="member: 15651">I think the only problem with this theory is the idea that WotC would have had any legal power to transfer Paizo's subscriptions over to them.  The subscription information Paizo has is their property, it is unlikely it would be part of the license, therefore there would be no way for WotC to "transfer" everyone's subscriptions from Paizo, without paying Paizo for the information, which would likely cost WotC more than those subscriptions were actually worth.  Which all of course continues to lend credence to the idea that the move was done in this way for economical reasons.  Other possibilities:  If Paizo wanted to make the announcement at GAMA, WotC obviously had to give them permission to, since I'm sure Paizo has a non-disclosure agreement, but Paizo may have had a card to play regarding the timing in the form of the Savage Tide AP.  I don't know how much creative control WotC had over Paizo, but Paizo could have "negotiated" to wrap up Savage Tide by the final issue of Dungeon, rather than leaving it to WotC to complete themselves, in exchange for a more favorable timing of the announcement.  Could you image the amount of anger that would be spit out if they announced that Savage Tides would be completed by WotC as part of their new DI, or not completed at all?   The mods here would probably be passing out from exhaustion with all the banning they would be doing.  Not saying anything like this happened, but I wonder what really did happen behind the scenes.  I guess we'll have to wait for the E! Hollywood Story: Eric Mona to find out.</blockquote>

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