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<blockquote data-quote="blackflame" data-source="post: 8887420" data-attributes="member: 45371">They (Wizards) have the power to do this and I can understand them doing it to some extent (IP protection is neccessary even against smaller creators as evidence of laxity in this regard could be used in the courts to defend infractions prepetrated by more formidable competitors-In other words you need to keep an eye on the little fish so that the sharks can't eat you alive). That being said, I would hope for their sake that Wizards wield this new weapon with a very light touch. Larger, more powerful companies than them have taken the goodwill of the fan community for granted and been harshly punished for it. Wizards benefits massively from small (and not so small) creator generated content. It's the best form of free advertsing you can get. If they start to trample all those seemingly insignificant people underfoot they may be opening the way for a competitor to step in and take over. D&amp;D has become more successful and lucrative in recent times than many of us could have dreamed of. Let's hope Wizards do not forget that they didn't achieve this success all on their own-And that power can be fleeting-Particularly when partnered with hubris. Time will tell <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="blackflame, post: 8887420, member: 45371"] They (Wizards) have the power to do this and I can understand them doing it to some extent (IP protection is neccessary even against smaller creators as evidence of laxity in this regard could be used in the courts to defend infractions prepetrated by more formidable competitors-In other words you need to keep an eye on the little fish so that the sharks can't eat you alive). That being said, I would hope for their sake that Wizards wield this new weapon with a very light touch. Larger, more powerful companies than them have taken the goodwill of the fan community for granted and been harshly punished for it. Wizards benefits massively from small (and not so small) creator generated content. It's the best form of free advertsing you can get. If they start to trample all those seemingly insignificant people underfoot they may be opening the way for a competitor to step in and take over. D&D has become more successful and lucrative in recent times than many of us could have dreamed of. Let's hope Wizards do not forget that they didn't achieve this success all on their own-And that power can be fleeting-Particularly when partnered with hubris. Time will tell :) [/QUOTE]

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