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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MarkB" data-source="post: 8129578" data-attributes="member: 40176">If WotC have actually been doing what's alleged, effectively ending contracts without invoking penalty clauses by blanket-refusing to approve further works, then I have to think that the place this will hit them hardest isn't in these current court cases, but in any future contracts they negotiate.Given their brand, they need to retain creative approval on any third-party project, but would any reputable company, after these incidents, be willing to risk giving WotC the ability to effectively cripple their operations through misuse of those approval clauses?At best, I'd expect any such future contracts to have clauses covering this specific issue - stating, effectively, that any such blanket refusal to approve products constitutes an ending of the contract, and invokes whatever conditions would apply to such a premature conclusion.Regardless, WotC are surely going to have a harder time finding partners who are willing to work with them.</blockquote>