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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wincenworks" data-source="post: 9245715" data-attributes="member: 7038835">Probably not - the underlying purpose of the order was to protect Wizards of the Coast's brand from being harmed by the product that Justin claims "just happens" to overlap.  So all reviews of concerns of it are going to be analysed through that lens, and with a consideration of the rights of 3rd parties.The posts are part of Jesse Hansen showing art that he was commissioned to do as part of his work in "games" and doesn't include any mention of the product - he doesn't mention Star Frontiers, DHSM doesn't mention Star Frontiers, etc.  The only people who know that it's Star Frontiers are the people who already know about Star Frontiers: New Genesis.  It'd be tricky to argue Jesse's freedom of speech didn't apply here, since Jesse never agreed to anything.The judge previously didn't think the presence of the playing cards was a sufficient threat to the brand to warrant court action - they're not likely to see a contracted artist using the work in his portfolio and DHSM sharing it without context as a threat to the brand.It is, however, a bad move not only could it be raised in a deposition or cross-examination, it can also be used as evidence in the Bankruptcy court that there was completed artwork which should belong to TSR LLC and hence should have been declared in the Bankruptcy.  Previously all they had was some of the art with no credits etc, now they have the actual artist posting the finished artwork on his own name.Remember, Justin submitted the full copy of the "beta test" version of Star Frontiers: New Genesis to the court in Washington, so the court in North Carolina can use the credits for that as evidence of ownership - there could also be questions about why the finished artwork wasn't shown earlier (ie did Justin keep paying for it, if so which account did the money come from).So he has, once again opted to give out free ammunition to his opponents in legal action, specifically in a way that gives them even more options to explore and give him an opportunity to impeach himself to the court, and opportunities for the people who were involved in the venture to (deliberately or accidentally) incriminate him.</blockquote>

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