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<blockquote data-quote="seankreynolds" data-source="post: 1115145" data-attributes="member: 3029"><p>I don't recally trying to (C) or (TM) "orc" or "spell" but the Nazi(TM) is technically true, but not TSR's fault. As Jim Butler pointed out (hi, Jim! Wassup?) that was placed there at LucasFilm's insistance, IIRC, and actually referred to the _image_ of that Nazi (a drawing), which _is_ trademarkable.</p><p></p><p>Back on topic, don't be too hard on Andy Smith and anyone from Customer Service. I'm pretty sure that they have been told what they can and can't say, and if they do say things that they've been told not to say, they'll probably be fired. I'll point you back to 1997 and a certain "problem with the printers that's delaying our products" statement posted by yours truly on the TSR site, when the actual problem was that TSR had no money to pay the printers. Everyone at TSR knew the truth, but nobody could say anything. So Andy and the custserv guys probably know or suspect more than what they're saying but aren't at liberty to say. It's understandable. Don't take it out on them. Direct your (polite) comments at WotC legal, and if that gets you nowhere than at the head of WotC (who is some Hasbro guy whose name I don't remember).</p><p></p><p>And if you really have a serious issue with the new license, don't publish books with the d20 logo.</p><p></p><p>Can anyone point me at actual _images_ of these indicating-compatible-but-not-the-d20-logo logos? I'd like to see them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seankreynolds, post: 1115145, member: 3029"] I don't recally trying to (C) or (TM) "orc" or "spell" but the Nazi(TM) is technically true, but not TSR's fault. As Jim Butler pointed out (hi, Jim! Wassup?) that was placed there at LucasFilm's insistance, IIRC, and actually referred to the _image_ of that Nazi (a drawing), which _is_ trademarkable. Back on topic, don't be too hard on Andy Smith and anyone from Customer Service. I'm pretty sure that they have been told what they can and can't say, and if they do say things that they've been told not to say, they'll probably be fired. I'll point you back to 1997 and a certain "problem with the printers that's delaying our products" statement posted by yours truly on the TSR site, when the actual problem was that TSR had no money to pay the printers. Everyone at TSR knew the truth, but nobody could say anything. So Andy and the custserv guys probably know or suspect more than what they're saying but aren't at liberty to say. It's understandable. Don't take it out on them. Direct your (polite) comments at WotC legal, and if that gets you nowhere than at the head of WotC (who is some Hasbro guy whose name I don't remember). And if you really have a serious issue with the new license, don't publish books with the d20 logo. Can anyone point me at actual _images_ of these indicating-compatible-but-not-the-d20-logo logos? I'd like to see them. [/QUOTE]
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