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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: 8917551" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>What jurisdiction's consumer law do you have in mind?</p><p></p><p>In any event, the terms on which hobbyists can play D&D haven't changed. What you're really trying to argue here, it seems to me, is that small scale ("hobbyist") commercial publishers have a consumer-style right against WotC that it not change its policy in relation to licensing and protecting its IP. I don't really feel the force of the argument.</p><p></p><p>If those parties think that they enjoy rights under their commercial licences, then by all means they should stand on those rights. I think the argument in their favour is strong. But I don't think that this is comparable to buying a defective toaster or defective car, and having the vendor or manufacturer try and avoid providing a proper warranty. Nor do I see it as analogous to being exploited by an insurance company, bank or telecom. This is not about consumer goods or services. It's about commercial licensing of manifestly valuable intellectual property.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8917551, member: 42582"] What jurisdiction's consumer law do you have in mind? In any event, the terms on which hobbyists can play D&D haven't changed. What you're really trying to argue here, it seems to me, is that small scale ("hobbyist") commercial publishers have a consumer-style right against WotC that it not change its policy in relation to licensing and protecting its IP. I don't really feel the force of the argument. If those parties think that they enjoy rights under their commercial licences, then by all means they should stand on those rights. I think the argument in their favour is strong. But I don't think that this is comparable to buying a defective toaster or defective car, and having the vendor or manufacturer try and avoid providing a proper warranty. Nor do I see it as analogous to being exploited by an insurance company, bank or telecom. This is not about consumer goods or services. It's about commercial licensing of manifestly valuable intellectual property. [/QUOTE]
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