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<blockquote data-quote="Strutinan" data-source="post: 1644828" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>Your thesaurus actually gave you quite a few synonyms which help with the decision to use "Defiling", specifically: corrupt, debase, degrade, degenerate, violate, desecrate, deflower, ravage, despoil, vitiate, poison, taint, canker, and ulcerate</p><p></p><p>Also, dictionary.com lists two very apt definitions for "defile":</p><p>#1: To make filthy or dirty; pollute</p><p>#2: To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt</p><p></p><p>As far as "WotC's Intellectual Property" goes, the point is that it <strong>is not</strong> their IP. The systems they have presented in the original <em>Dark Sun</em> books, and later in <em>Dragon</em> magazine are. This system is it's own work.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to the <em>Mallius Mallifarcum</em>, the concept of "Defiling Magic" has been public domain since BEFORE there was a D&D. WotC cannot legally lay claim to "elf" thanks to nordic myth, it is the same thing. They can lay claim to their <em>adaptation</em> of "elves", and of "Defiling", but they have NO legal right to stop another agency from using those terms. If another agency decieds to make "elves" that are highly magical, near-immortal, and have pointy ears then they are NOT "ripping off WotC's IP", they ARE keeping close to the public domain material that WotC is <strong>also</strong> using. The same holds true for making a magical subsystem by which you steal the "divine essence" of the land in order to cast spells.</p><p></p><p>My concearn is that they are going to TRY. I know I would win, THEY know I would win, the question is do they think it is worthwhile to persue the matter. This is after all just going to be a small pdf that will be selling for a buck.</p><p></p><p>I've tried being nice about this, and talking to them about it. Unfortunately they refuse to respond.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Strutinan, post: 1644828, member: 9267"] Your thesaurus actually gave you quite a few synonyms which help with the decision to use "Defiling", specifically: corrupt, debase, degrade, degenerate, violate, desecrate, deflower, ravage, despoil, vitiate, poison, taint, canker, and ulcerate Also, dictionary.com lists two very apt definitions for "defile": #1: To make filthy or dirty; pollute #2: To debase the pureness or excellence of; corrupt As far as "WotC's Intellectual Property" goes, the point is that it [b]is not[/b] their IP. The systems they have presented in the original [i]Dark Sun[/i] books, and later in [i]Dragon[/i] magazine are. This system is it's own work. Thanks to the [i]Mallius Mallifarcum[/i], the concept of "Defiling Magic" has been public domain since BEFORE there was a D&D. WotC cannot legally lay claim to "elf" thanks to nordic myth, it is the same thing. They can lay claim to their [i]adaptation[/i] of "elves", and of "Defiling", but they have NO legal right to stop another agency from using those terms. If another agency decieds to make "elves" that are highly magical, near-immortal, and have pointy ears then they are NOT "ripping off WotC's IP", they ARE keeping close to the public domain material that WotC is [b]also[/b] using. The same holds true for making a magical subsystem by which you steal the "divine essence" of the land in order to cast spells. My concearn is that they are going to TRY. I know I would win, THEY know I would win, the question is do they think it is worthwhile to persue the matter. This is after all just going to be a small pdf that will be selling for a buck. I've tried being nice about this, and talking to them about it. Unfortunately they refuse to respond. [/QUOTE]
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