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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9054757" data-attributes="member: 7808">By my interpretation (IANAL) of the court documents, NuTSR specifically agreed to not sell SFNG as an RPG until the court case was concluded.  They did not make a formal statement about not selling anything else with the Star Frontiers brand.  It's worth noting that NuTSR has a separate trademark claim with the USPTO for Star Frontiers (not the "New Genesis" part) as a board game rather than an RPG.  I suspect that WotC could challenge the selling of the cards in court if they really wanted to, but the harm is minimal so it's not worth paying the lawyers to do it.There was also a rumor at some point that Justin Lanasa was the one who reported Duck to the SSI, to make sure he was beholden to the DHSM.  That's the problem with rumor accounts like Chad that never go anywhere, I guess.FWIW, by all accounts receiving free rent in exchange for work is exactly what Duck is doing.  For-profit corporations cannot legally have "volunteers", and Duck was definitely getting something of significant value in exchange for his work (comparable rent in the Lake Geneva area can be easily calculated).  So, while I feel for the guy, it's not like having his benefits challenged over this should be unexpected.  He's been very visible about being the face of the DHSM for TV interviews, newspapers, cons, etc.</blockquote>