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<blockquote data-quote="catsclaw227" data-source="post: 4659428" data-attributes="member: 14197">OK, this is fair and you are entitled to feel this way.&nbsp; I completely disagree that a retreat from the OGL is a threat to D&amp;D, though this isn't the topic of this thread.And here I think, again, you are stretching it quite a bit.&nbsp; None of this has happened, and fanning the flames with fear tactics doesn't help.I read your most recent comment on your blog, and you make some good points, especially about a clear-cut fan site policy.&nbsp; But you can't use quotes around the word &quot;charging&quot; in context to what Ema was doing.&nbsp; That is swaying the argument in a clearly biased direction and not looking objectively at the situation. (But.... admittedly, it IS a blog site, and objectivity is not the keystone that holds these sites up. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; )Ema was charging, not &quot;charging&quot; for services.&nbsp; He was asking for pay to keep power cards and sheets online with closed content, allowing for visibility to protected full text descriptions of 4e content.If I recall, he was running ads (at least he was when I last visited) and had even had a Paypal donation option at one time to cover hosting costs.I am pretty sure that WOTC would NOT have shut him down for that.&nbsp; He decided to make a business out of protected content.&nbsp; This is not cool in the eyes of WOTC, nor would it be for most any other RPG Publisher out there.How would Paizo handle it if I was selling content that utilized protected content about Golarian without their permission?&nbsp; They just might send me a C&amp;D as well.&nbsp; Maybe, maybe not.&nbsp; But I certainly wouldn't begrudge them if they did.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="catsclaw227, post: 4659428, member: 14197"] OK, this is fair and you are entitled to feel this way. I completely disagree that a retreat from the OGL is a threat to D&D, though this isn't the topic of this thread. And here I think, again, you are stretching it quite a bit. None of this has happened, and fanning the flames with fear tactics doesn't help. I read your most recent comment on your blog, and you make some good points, especially about a clear-cut fan site policy. But you can't use quotes around the word "charging" in context to what Ema was doing. That is swaying the argument in a clearly biased direction and not looking objectively at the situation. (But.... admittedly, it IS a blog site, and objectivity is not the keystone that holds these sites up. :) ) Ema was charging, not "charging" for services. He was asking for pay to keep power cards and sheets online with closed content, allowing for visibility to protected full text descriptions of 4e content. If I recall, he was running ads (at least he was when I last visited) and had even had a Paypal donation option at one time to cover hosting costs. I am pretty sure that WOTC would NOT have shut him down for that. He decided to make a business out of protected content. This is not cool in the eyes of WOTC, nor would it be for most any other RPG Publisher out there. How would Paizo handle it if I was selling content that utilized protected content about Golarian without their permission? They just might send me a C&D as well. Maybe, maybe not. But I certainly wouldn't begrudge them if they did. [/QUOTE]

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