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<blockquote data-quote="Tao" data-source="post: 4309724" data-attributes="member: 62326">Certainly not.&nbsp; But if another studio recut the same footage into a 30-minute television spot, and marketed it as their own product, they would likely be facing a lawsuit and blacklisting from the entire industry... regardless of whether or not it was a &quot;good idea&quot;.&nbsp; And regardless of whether or not it actually cost the studio money.&nbsp; Letting people get away with things like that sets a bad precedent for the protection of artistic rights.&nbsp; WotC has already been more open than they need to be.&nbsp; Heck, the fact that they give other companies almost cart blanche use their product AT ALL without any sort of licensing fee is pretty unheard of, even in this age of Open Content.&nbsp; I don't think they're really &quot;fearing&quot; either.&nbsp; They are simply taking what would be described by most as minor preventative measures to protect their work from outright piracy.&nbsp; 3PPs will be able to work and flourish under these restrictions as capably as they did under 3.5, and possibly moreso, since the nature of the SRD allows for the potential inclusion of future products as well without having to worry about taking additional measures.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tao, post: 4309724, member: 62326"] Certainly not. But if another studio recut the same footage into a 30-minute television spot, and marketed it as their own product, they would likely be facing a lawsuit and blacklisting from the entire industry... regardless of whether or not it was a "good idea". And regardless of whether or not it actually cost the studio money. Letting people get away with things like that sets a bad precedent for the protection of artistic rights. WotC has already been more open than they need to be. Heck, the fact that they give other companies almost cart blanche use their product AT ALL without any sort of licensing fee is pretty unheard of, even in this age of Open Content. I don't think they're really "fearing" either. They are simply taking what would be described by most as minor preventative measures to protect their work from outright piracy. 3PPs will be able to work and flourish under these restrictions as capably as they did under 3.5, and possibly moreso, since the nature of the SRD allows for the potential inclusion of future products as well without having to worry about taking additional measures. [/QUOTE]

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