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<blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 4033272" data-attributes="member: 1964">Good point regarding the Valar Project, but I have never seen that as the egregious attack on free speech that some folks perceive.&nbsp; BoEF still saw print, just without the d20 logo or any other overt links between Hasbro / WotC and The Big Book of Elf Porn. As an attorney, all I see is some pretty broad boilerplate meant to slap down AnonymousPoster74 from filing a frivolous lawsuit when WotC publishes something similar to a half-assed idea AP74 once posted.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;I don't get your Green Ronin scenario.&nbsp; Are we imagining that WotC sues Green Ronin, or the other way around?&nbsp; Either way, WotC is not really going to drag AnonymousPoster74 into the suit counting on him to indemnify them, because (A) AnonymousPoster74 doesn't have any money anyway and (B) if used offensively by WotC in that manner, these message boards terms of use will most likely be construed by a court as a contract of adhesion and therefore unenforceable.But bottom line, Raven, is that if something you post on a message board is really going to cause you a lifetime of fear that the other shoe is going to drop and that you will get dragged into a lawsuit, then you shouldn't post there. BTW, I came up with idea for d20 Past in June 2003, but I was too lazy to sue WotC for stealing my idea:<a href="http://www.enworld.org/archive/index.php/t-54638.html" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/archive/index.php/t-54638.html</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="JPL, post: 4033272, member: 1964"] Good point regarding the Valar Project, but I have never seen that as the egregious attack on free speech that some folks perceive. BoEF still saw print, just without the d20 logo or any other overt links between Hasbro / WotC and The Big Book of Elf Porn. As an attorney, all I see is some pretty broad boilerplate meant to slap down AnonymousPoster74 from filing a frivolous lawsuit when WotC publishes something similar to a half-assed idea AP74 once posted. I don't get your Green Ronin scenario. Are we imagining that WotC sues Green Ronin, or the other way around? Either way, WotC is not really going to drag AnonymousPoster74 into the suit counting on him to indemnify them, because (A) AnonymousPoster74 doesn't have any money anyway and (B) if used offensively by WotC in that manner, these message boards terms of use will most likely be construed by a court as a contract of adhesion and therefore unenforceable. But bottom line, Raven, is that if something you post on a message board is really going to cause you a lifetime of fear that the other shoe is going to drop and that you will get dragged into a lawsuit, then you shouldn't post there. BTW, I came up with idea for d20 Past in June 2003, but I was too lazy to sue WotC for stealing my idea: [url]http://www.enworld.org/archive/index.php/t-54638.html[/url] [/QUOTE]

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