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<blockquote data-quote="Strutinan" data-source="post: 1120489" data-attributes="member: 9267">Ranger REG: Don't expect them to retract it any year soon.&nbsp; If they were of a mind to, then they never would have taken this posistion in the first place!&nbsp; It is an unbeleivably stupid move on almost every conceivable means of measurement.&nbsp; Now, to retract it would be to acknowledge fallibility (which NO corporation wants to do).As far as defending it in court, WotC could sue me over the color socks I wear.&nbsp; That is a simple reality of the american legal &quot;justice&quot; system.&nbsp; What they cannot do is expect to win.&nbsp; Any attempt to sue over an item that is such a huge part of public reference (basic acronyms and legal terms such as &quot;System Reference Document&quot;, used world-wide), that are not even TRADEMARKED would have on one outcome.I could have a drunken monkey as an attourney and win.&nbsp; My counter-suit for frivillous prosecution would get dragged through the courts for 4-5 years.&nbsp; thanks to federal law regarding frivillous prosecution (oddly enough, put in place to protect big guys from little guys), I eventually would win that too!&nbsp; And in addition to the amount I won, WotC/Hasbro would be liable for ALL court fees.&nbsp; Including my lawyer's bill.With that eventual pay-day to use as bait, my legal team would be large enough to have it's own Electorial College&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Smetzger: You have (accidentally) hit upon one of the major flaws in the license.&nbsp; WotC takes sole responsibility for the definition of decency in the license.&nbsp; That means that if ANYBODY finds ANYTHING in a 3rd-party product to be offensive, WotC is up a creek.&nbsp; What lawyer ever let this thing out the door?As far as preferential treatment goes, just wait a few months for the latest round of books to come out.&nbsp; Flip through the &quot;d20 System&quot; logo books, and write down all the breaches accordig to publishing company.THEN you will see who has preferential treatment!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Strutinan, post: 1120489, member: 9267"] Ranger REG: Don't expect them to retract it any year soon. If they were of a mind to, then they never would have taken this posistion in the first place! It is an unbeleivably stupid move on almost every conceivable means of measurement. Now, to retract it would be to acknowledge fallibility (which NO corporation wants to do). As far as defending it in court, WotC could sue me over the color socks I wear. That is a simple reality of the american legal "justice" system. What they cannot do is expect to win. Any attempt to sue over an item that is such a huge part of public reference (basic acronyms and legal terms such as "System Reference Document", used world-wide), that are not even TRADEMARKED would have on one outcome. I could have a drunken monkey as an attourney and win. My counter-suit for frivillous prosecution would get dragged through the courts for 4-5 years. thanks to federal law regarding frivillous prosecution (oddly enough, put in place to protect big guys from little guys), I eventually would win that too! And in addition to the amount I won, WotC/Hasbro would be liable for ALL court fees. Including my lawyer's bill. With that eventual pay-day to use as bait, my legal team would be large enough to have it's own Electorial College :D Smetzger: You have (accidentally) hit upon one of the major flaws in the license. WotC takes sole responsibility for the definition of decency in the license. That means that if ANYBODY finds ANYTHING in a 3rd-party product to be offensive, WotC is up a creek. What lawyer ever let this thing out the door? As far as preferential treatment goes, just wait a few months for the latest round of books to come out. Flip through the "d20 System" logo books, and write down all the breaches accordig to publishing company. THEN you will see who has preferential treatment! [/QUOTE]

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