Why? How? Explain.Now you spend the next 5 years of your life in court and get ruined even if you win.
Like, I get that WotC is going to sue me to stop publishing. I want to know what actually happens.
Why? How? Explain.Now you spend the next 5 years of your life in court and get ruined even if you win.
So let's say "no" and I can keep selling my stuff. Now what? Obviously WotC still wants me to stop.
this is why it is hypothetical - unless this is really important for me, and I have the funds, we will not get thereNow you spend the next 5 years of your life in court and get ruined even if you win.
They can try to stop you publishing, it has already been discussed that their chances of succeeding at that are slim to none. The main risk is you not having the money for a 5 year fight in front of a court, but that might very well be a US perspective (both cost and duration)Why? How? Explain.
Like, I get that WotC is going to sue me to stop publishing. I want to know what actually happens.
I'm kind of looking for a little more detail. Do these cases happen over the course of days? Weeks? Months? Years?Now both sides make their arguments and the case goes ahead and a decision is, hopefully, eventually reached.
This is where WotC would argue you are using copyrighted material, you would hold up your OGL 1.0a license and say "this says I can", and they would have to argue why that is not the case.
I am curious how accurate or realistic this "5 year fight" idea is.They can try to stop you publishing, it has already been discussed that their chances of succeeding at that are slim to none. The main risk is you not having the money for a 5 year fight in front of a court, but that might very well be a US perspective (both cost and duration)
I forgot, but they go something like thisWhat are the three pillars?
Literally impossible to say. Too many variables. "Yes" is thus the answer. You'd need to provide an actual lawyer with all the variables to even get an approximation. You can look at similar cases and guess though.I'm kind of looking for a little more detail. Do these cases happen over the course of days? Weeks? Months? Years?
People keep saying that the court case will ruin you so WotC wins by default. Why? Is it just lawyer fees or are there other reasons?
It's paranoid Hollywood nonsense with absolutely no basis in reality.I am curious how accurate or realistic this "5 year fight" idea is.
Not sure what you are looking for at that point. You both go into establishing what facts are on your side, which for the 'is 1.0a revokable' is not really a major drain on time, you can probably get that settled in a year, maybe half that if WotC does not see an incentive in dragging it out and burning both sides money. And if there is still something left to argue (i.e. WotC wins that round), then you go into the copyright side, and that will be a drag, expensive, lots of things to individually argue about, ...Why? How? Explain.
Like, I get that WotC is going to sue me to stop publishing. I want to know what actually happens.
I'm not a law guy (Unless it happened on Boston Law, LA law, of Suits) but in other threads people had examples of much more serous (life and death) cases going 5 years then being settled before it would have been done... so I guess it depends but it CAN be yearsI'm kind of looking for a little more detail. Do these cases happen over the course of days? Weeks? Months? Years?
someone said simply filing to stop the injunction (that they most likely will not win) will cost $30k to $70k in court costs...People keep saying that the court case will ruin you so WotC wins by default. Why? Is it just lawyer fees or are there other reasons?