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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 4852160" data-attributes="member: 5">Cornell University has this information posted -<a href="http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm" target="_blank">Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States</a>This strikes me as more of the same shadow-casting, by which I mean that a shadow is not a substantial thing.  A soapbubble can cast a long shadow.  WotC is not casting any shadows, nor taking any actions.  The only person of which I am aware with a legal resume who I have seen cast OSRIC in a negative light legally is Peterson of Necro, and even he has not stated anything definitive that I have read or heard.  Is there some second legal source that would go on the record and actually state some more definitive position on if, how and why OSRIC might be legally untenable?   If not, I think it would be more fair to just let that bugaboo rest until such a time as something substantial from the IP holders (currently WotC) states otherwise.</blockquote>