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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5711805" data-attributes="member: 22424">I would be more than a little surprised if the current DDI T&amp;C didn't already include a clause hidden away that gives WotC ownership of everything that gets put on there. Of course, they would be unwise ever to assert those rights...However, I don't see any community relations issue in allowing people to open their stuff up for other users. After all, it's not like anyone is forcing them to do it! (Sure, some people will claim this is a big IP grab - but those people are insane and should be ignored.) And they can incentivise it using some sort of online &quot;DM Rewards&quot; program, allowing people to claim credits when other people use their stuff, and thus save for some sort of goodies (much like the DM Rewards programs that exist(ed) for Organised Play).Now, it is true that there's a much bigger issue with upgrading things to 'official' status, since at this point WotC would have to explicitly take full ownership of the IP. But they're hardly strangers to paying people for submissions - surely it wouldn't be much different from them paying for Dragon/Dungeon articles, except that they already know the material is popular and good quality?That's an issue, but it's an issue now. What is there to stop a malicious person using a picture of Mickey Mouse as his character portrait, contacting Disney, and having WotC sued for distributing copyright images? (Well, other than that he would also be sued.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 5711805, member: 22424"] I would be more than a little surprised if the current DDI T&C didn't already include a clause hidden away that gives WotC ownership of everything that gets put on there. Of course, they would be unwise ever to assert those rights... However, I don't see any community relations issue in [i]allowing[/i] people to open their stuff up for other users. After all, it's not like anyone is forcing them to do it! (Sure, some people will claim this is a big IP grab - but those people are insane and should be ignored.) And they can incentivise it using some sort of online "DM Rewards" program, allowing people to claim credits when other people use their stuff, and thus save for some sort of goodies (much like the DM Rewards programs that exist(ed) for Organised Play). Now, it is true that there's a much bigger issue with upgrading things to 'official' status, since at this point WotC [i]would[/i] have to explicitly take full ownership of the IP. But they're hardly strangers to paying people for submissions - surely it wouldn't be much different from them paying for Dragon/Dungeon articles, except that they already know the material is popular and good quality? That's an issue, but it's an issue [i]now[/i]. What is there to stop a malicious person using a picture of Mickey Mouse as his character portrait, contacting Disney, and having WotC sued for distributing copyright images? (Well, other than that he would also be sued.) [/QUOTE]

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