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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Terramotus" data-source="post: 5079248" data-attributes="member: 7220">I applaud you for having the guts to say that publicly.I still don't see how the letter could have been understood any other way than the way most readers seem to have read it, since you defined the term "improper" further up in the letter...  but I'm going to accept your word and take the apology at face value.In my mind, your actions are now downgraded from Reprehensible to merely Distateful, but Understandable.  I still disagree with the extent to which you seek to put the onus of active continued enforcement on Privateer Press, and the fact that your company is actively seeking to enforce such a weak Trademark, but I can now do so politely, and I can understand your position even if I disagree with it.I submit to you that an open letter to Privateer Press posted on your website with the clarifications you've listed here might do you a lot of PR good.As a side note, regardless of whether or not individuals are attorneys or have professional legal knowledge, they still have the ability to identify results that they disagree with or believe are unethical, and are completely justified in judging a business's actions on those merits.  It's still insulting to imply that without a law degree they are unqualified to have an opinion of the situation.  Further, there is room in the world for businesses that are good corporate citizens and decline to take action that while technically legal may still be unethical or undesirable for the society they exist within.In this age of the content cartels seeking to ruin people's lives over small-time piracy, patent troll companies who never made or contributed a thing to anyone making millions through lawsuits, and large media companies seeking to hold in their dominion forever works that should rightfully be part of our collective cultural heritage, all through cynical abuse of the legal system...  Yeah, that's a reasonable assumption.  There are a number of people who get paid to do nothing but that.Not to mention the fact that your arrival in the thread immediately stopped most of the irreverent shouting of "army builder!"  So you did have a chilling effect on speech here, regardless of whether or not it was intended.I'm glad to see that your motives were apparently genuine.</blockquote>

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