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Hello, I am lawyer with a PSA: almost everyone is wrong about the OGL and SRD. Clearing up confusion.
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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8917509" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>In my view, there is a flipside to this: if you build your hobby around the IP of a commercial publishes whose sole source of revenue is leveraging its IP, you can't be too shocked when the licensing regime changes on you. I mean, either your are getting legal advice and building your own business on a sound legal foundation; or you're taking your chances that the company whose IP you're relying on will not change its approach.</p><p></p><p>According to another current thread, sales of PF, CoC and Level Up are booming, and this is being celebrated. Assuming that the overall amount of money being spent on RPGs is not growing significantly, that money is coming from somewhere else: whether the smaller publishers you mention, or WotC, or wherever. I read a lot of posts gleefully wishing disaster on WotC - but it seems to me that WotC employees are as entitled to make a living as anyone else.</p><p></p><p>The most recent RPGs I've purchased physical books for were written by John Harper (Agon) and BWHQ (Torchbearer). I also recently bought the PDF for Blade of the Iron Throne, a TRoS variant. My personal enthusiasm in relation to small RPG publishers is for these indie types, rather than works in the 5e orbit.</p><p></p><p>Hence whey, in these threads, my focus is on the legal aspects of what I see as essentially a commercial licensing dispute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8917509, member: 42582"] In my view, there is a flipside to this: if you build your hobby around the IP of a commercial publishes whose sole source of revenue is leveraging its IP, you can't be too shocked when the licensing regime changes on you. I mean, either your are getting legal advice and building your own business on a sound legal foundation; or you're taking your chances that the company whose IP you're relying on will not change its approach. According to another current thread, sales of PF, CoC and Level Up are booming, and this is being celebrated. Assuming that the overall amount of money being spent on RPGs is not growing significantly, that money is coming from somewhere else: whether the smaller publishers you mention, or WotC, or wherever. I read a lot of posts gleefully wishing disaster on WotC - but it seems to me that WotC employees are as entitled to make a living as anyone else. The most recent RPGs I've purchased physical books for were written by John Harper (Agon) and BWHQ (Torchbearer). I also recently bought the PDF for Blade of the Iron Throne, a TRoS variant. My personal enthusiasm in relation to small RPG publishers is for these indie types, rather than works in the 5e orbit. Hence whey, in these threads, my focus is on the legal aspects of what I see as essentially a commercial licensing dispute. [/QUOTE]
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