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<blockquote data-quote="Vocenoctum" data-source="post: 3683125" data-attributes="member: 2477">The issue is simple really, but seems to be talked around in your arguement.If WotC comes up with Material A, and someone posts a similar Material B, before WotC prints it, then they either have to compensate the non-contributor, or defend themselves.The fact is, the arguement is that they obviously had access to it because it was in their own site. The obvious conclusion to protect themselves is either:1) Tell folks that they can't post stuff. (Like OotS does now, no posting theories because they might be too close to what actually happens.)2) Tell folks anything they post could be used by WotC without further permission. (This basically means you must trust WotC to compensate you if it actually IS original material, rather than just some random item they already had.)the third option of &quot;just leave themselves open to having to compensate folks for stuff they didn't take&quot; leaves something to be desired I'd imagine.If you don't trust WotC to fairly compensate, then by all means don't post stuff, and you're no worse off than Option 1 above.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vocenoctum, post: 3683125, member: 2477"] The issue is simple really, but seems to be talked around in your arguement. If WotC comes up with Material A, and someone posts a similar Material B, before WotC prints it, then they either have to compensate the non-contributor, or defend themselves. The fact is, the arguement is that they obviously had access to it because it was in their own site. The obvious conclusion to protect themselves is either: 1) Tell folks that they can't post stuff. (Like OotS does now, no posting theories because they might be too close to what actually happens.) 2) Tell folks anything they post could be used by WotC without further permission. (This basically means you must trust WotC to compensate you if it actually IS original material, rather than just some random item they already had.) the third option of "just leave themselves open to having to compensate folks for stuff they didn't take" leaves something to be desired I'd imagine. If you don't trust WotC to fairly compensate, then by all means don't post stuff, and you're no worse off than Option 1 above. [/QUOTE]

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