Power Critical?
Number47
First Post
All this seems to ignore the most important factor of copyright. Does the reproduction made reduce the potential saleability of the original product. In the case of reproducing feats, skills or spells online, it does. It allows somebody to enhance their character concept without buying the product in the first place.
"Fair Use" never, ever applies to a situation where the usage negatively affects sales of the product. Fair use means that if you purchase a book, you can photocopy passages out for your use, but not somebody else's, for instance.
"Fair Use" never, ever applies to a situation where the usage negatively affects sales of the product. Fair use means that if you purchase a book, you can photocopy passages out for your use, but not somebody else's, for instance.
Number47 said:
Interesting... So with that logic in mind would you not let your friends and fellow gamers you're playing with look at your book and write down the information that applies to their character ?
Surely if they could look at your book their usage of that book would negatively effect sales of that product.
But to what degree.... would it inspire them to buy it for themselves or would they simply use what they have and not buy anything... transfer the same arguement to the people online who get the information. You can't say what effect it will have on prospective consumer.
Darkness
Hand and Eye of Piratecat [Moderator]
I believe that y'all have misinterpreted the meaning of the forum name "D&D Rules." You see, it's actually meant to imply, like, that you should debate the rules of the game itself here rather than the "rules" by which the game is to be distributed (or not). 
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