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<blockquote data-quote="Ghostwind" data-source="post: 533567" data-attributes="member: 3060">I think everyone is in agreement that first and foremost, the responsibility of making sure a product is compliant with the OGL/d20STL is both the author(s) and publisher. They are the ones responsible for crafting the product and they should do everything in their power to make sure it complies with the license.As far as holding a vendor, responsible for policing his own products, let's be realistic folks. There is no way a vendor can be expected to police every product he sells. Consider the sheer number of skus a typical vendor supports. If he had to read every single one, he would never be able to keep up with the product flow. The best he can do is assume that the publisher is doing their job responsibly so he can focus on running his business which is his primary concern. The only time a vendor really need be concerned is when the first complaint comes in (to him directly and not through the grapevine). At that point, common sense says he would examine the product in question and if he found the complaint was valid, take steps to remove it from sale pending contact with the publisher or distributor. Regarding this particular thread, James did exactly as he should have done in a very responsible way. As soon as he was contacted directly, he examined the book, found it to be in violations and yanked it. End story. The real blame goes back to the original author and publisher. That's where folks' wrath should be directed rather than the service who was selling the book and acting as the middleman.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ghostwind, post: 533567, member: 3060"] I think everyone is in agreement that first and foremost, the responsibility of making sure a product is compliant with the OGL/d20STL is both the author(s) and publisher. They are the ones responsible for crafting the product and they should do everything in their power to make sure it complies with the license. As far as holding a vendor, responsible for policing his own products, let's be realistic folks. There is no way a vendor can be expected to police every product he sells. Consider the sheer number of skus a typical vendor supports. If he had to read every single one, he would never be able to keep up with the product flow. The best he can do is assume that the publisher is doing their job responsibly so he can focus on running his business which is his primary concern. The only time a vendor really need be concerned is when the first complaint comes in (to him directly and not through the grapevine). At that point, common sense says he would examine the product in question and if he found the complaint was valid, take steps to remove it from sale pending contact with the publisher or distributor. Regarding this particular thread, James did exactly as he should have done in a very responsible way. As soon as he was contacted directly, he examined the book, found it to be in violations and yanked it. End story. The real blame goes back to the original author and publisher. That's where folks' wrath should be directed rather than the service who was selling the book and acting as the middleman. [/QUOTE]

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