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<blockquote data-quote="Cergorach" data-source="post: 4016641" data-attributes="member: 725">I've seen a similar clause on other (corporate) boards, but the ones I post on and have a similar agreement aren't really hobby minded. Sure I posted on a couple of computer hard/software forums, those don't have much to do with new ideas and creative thinking. If the Wizards forum and the Gleemax site were only aimed at questions and answers for their products, then I wouldn't really have a problem. But these sites are aimed at creating new content by their users.If a graphical artist were to post an image on that board, Wizards could keep using that without cost, forever. If I posted an image I did not make, the owner of that image would have to jump through hoops to stop WotC from claiming it for their use.For me this isn't about money, I don't have a large enough ego to think that someone will ever pay a dime for anything I write or paint. But it's the principal of the idea that someone can claim the use of my ideas while viciously protecting their own. (I love working on Open Source projects, because everyone is contributing, and the end result is open for everyone)I would prefer to use ENWorld and similar sites (unless they also implement a similar greement).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cergorach, post: 4016641, member: 725"] I've seen a similar clause on other (corporate) boards, but the ones I post on and have a similar agreement aren't really hobby minded. Sure I posted on a couple of computer hard/software forums, those don't have much to do with new ideas and creative thinking. If the Wizards forum and the Gleemax site were only aimed at questions and answers for their products, then I wouldn't really have a problem. But these sites are aimed at creating new content by their users. If a graphical artist were to post an image on that board, Wizards could keep using that without cost, forever. If I posted an image I did not make, the owner of that image would have to jump through hoops to stop WotC from claiming it for their use. For me this isn't about money, I don't have a large enough ego to think that someone will ever pay a dime for anything I write or paint. But it's the principal of the idea that someone can claim the use of my ideas while viciously protecting their own. (I love working on Open Source projects, because everyone is contributing, and the end result is open for everyone) I would prefer to use ENWorld and similar sites (unless they also implement a similar greement). [/QUOTE]

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