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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6380428" data-attributes="member: 37579">Fair Use in the US applies to:* Criticism (including parody)* Review* News* Education* Scholastic researchThe UK law seems similarly restrictive, and is aimed at not limited free speech or news. Making homebrew content is none of those. Similarly, fan content runs into the problem of Trademarks. Which are not protected by Fair Use and are different then copyrights. This is where the Game Workshop issue came in, as it was not a matter of copyright but trademark. WotC has a trademark on the term "Dungeons & Dragons" for all purposes relating to video games, tabletop roleplaying games, board games, and the like. You cannot make a derivative or competitive product and make use of that term in much the same way Warner Brothers has a trademark on the term "Superman" for movies and comics. You can advertise your product using "Superman" all you want, as the term cannot be copyrighted and has ties to German philosophers, but using it in certain context is restricted to DC Comics and co. So even if you tell your own story with your own characters and monsters and make no copyright infringement WotC could shut you down for a trademark violation.</blockquote>