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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3378338" data-attributes="member: 8158"><p>The thing here is, product identity is not a cut-and-dried concept. When you copyright something like a fictional character or a monster in a game, there's a certain combination of features that make it your own unique creation. There is no easily-referenced legal documentation that universally establishes when someone has crossed the line and violates your copyright. If you think your copyright is violated, you have to sit down with your lawyer and point out all the critical points of similiarity between your creation and that of the infringing party and put all that in your cease-and-desist. It's really in the hands of whoever presides over your case to decide whether or not your case holds water. </p><p></p><p>Now, some companies have gotten away with questionable stuff over the years, and because they didn't get whammied by a C&D letter, people start thinking it's safe to say stuff like "see, here's an example where Reaper put out a miniature that was pretty clearly a D&D monster, so they can get away with anything as long as they change the name". But really the bottom line is how far the two parties involved feel like pursuing the issue. This is why I brought up the SRD. WotC has given folks permission to use cloakers in a certain capacity. I wonder if that capacity extends to creating minis, or if there's some specific language that limits their usage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Felon, post: 3378338, member: 8158"] The thing here is, product identity is not a cut-and-dried concept. When you copyright something like a fictional character or a monster in a game, there's a certain combination of features that make it your own unique creation. There is no easily-referenced legal documentation that universally establishes when someone has crossed the line and violates your copyright. If you think your copyright is violated, you have to sit down with your lawyer and point out all the critical points of similiarity between your creation and that of the infringing party and put all that in your cease-and-desist. It's really in the hands of whoever presides over your case to decide whether or not your case holds water. Now, some companies have gotten away with questionable stuff over the years, and because they didn't get whammied by a C&D letter, people start thinking it's safe to say stuff like "see, here's an example where Reaper put out a miniature that was pretty clearly a D&D monster, so they can get away with anything as long as they change the name". But really the bottom line is how far the two parties involved feel like pursuing the issue. This is why I brought up the SRD. WotC has given folks permission to use cloakers in a certain capacity. I wonder if that capacity extends to creating minis, or if there's some specific language that limits their usage. [/QUOTE]
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