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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 3081635" data-attributes="member: 10479">Naw, we are discussing the same thing, sort of.&nbsp; I won't get into the WotC angle, which is different than my own, except to say that &quot;fair use&quot; as defined in copyright protection is not the same as you are describing it.&nbsp; I know it sounds like it should be but it really isn't.&nbsp; I'll leave it to an attorney to get into the actual specifics of that matter.Nevertheless, I think my own concerns are covered in my previous post and, as stated, I know it isn't a legal issue when it comes to stripmining the OGC.&nbsp; That's certainly possible, allowed (if the OGL is used correctly), and will be encouraged by some quarters (those who would rather not purchase books to have use of all the OGC).&nbsp; The question, to my mind, comes down to one of what the NPC Wiki will allow as content, and what sources it will allow, as well as what publishers using the OGL should do based on what the NPC Wiki policy is or is going to be?&nbsp; The undefined policy is potentially holding the format of NPC PDF products as hostage, in a sense and not to be too dramatic. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 3081635, member: 10479"] Naw, we are discussing the same thing, sort of. I won't get into the WotC angle, which is different than my own, except to say that "fair use" as defined in copyright protection is not the same as you are describing it. I know it sounds like it should be but it really isn't. I'll leave it to an attorney to get into the actual specifics of that matter. Nevertheless, I think my own concerns are covered in my previous post and, as stated, I know it isn't a legal issue when it comes to stripmining the OGC. That's certainly possible, allowed (if the OGL is used correctly), and will be encouraged by some quarters (those who would rather not purchase books to have use of all the OGC). The question, to my mind, comes down to one of what the NPC Wiki will allow as content, and what sources it will allow, as well as what publishers using the OGL should do based on what the NPC Wiki policy is or is going to be? The undefined policy is potentially holding the format of NPC PDF products as hostage, in a sense and not to be too dramatic. ;) [/QUOTE]

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