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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DMFTodd" data-source="post: 1331524" data-attributes="member: 1202">A collection of replies:You're allowed to distribute OGC material. That's the purpose behind OGC. As long as you follow the OGC license, then distributing those files on Kazaa would be perfectly legal. Just like distributing OGC content on RPGNow, a website, or by photocopying is legal.You guys are arguing definitions. JRRNeiklot is arguing the legal defnition. Legally, taking copyrighted material is copyright infringement, it's not *legally* theft. The guy with the Oscar screening tapes wasn't arrested for theft. He was arrested for copyright infringement. Vpenman is arguing the common definition of the word "theft". Is the legal offense of copyright infringement an act of theft? Sure. You're both right.It was fine to do it in 3.0 as well. It wasn't until PCGen decided to go OGL that it stopped happening. Near as I can tell, and my opinion is worth a rat's fart, it's still OK to do. PCGen did it for a long time. They claimed fair use under copyright law. Wizards never complained during that long time. PCGen never received a Cease & Desist order. So it's been done in the past and near as I can tell no one ever objected. I see no reason why it couldn't be done today.</blockquote>