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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Anathos" data-source="post: 5369660" data-attributes="member: 97138">They can't authorize uses of legitimate copies, but they can refuse to authorize copies that are made for certain uses. For example, they can't do a thing if you buy a book in a store and then use it as a masturbation aid, but they can refuse to allow you to print stuff off of the Compendium for that purpose because you need their permission to create a new copy.You're allowed to do this because WotC as explicitly authorized the reproduction of their works for the purpose of playing their game and allowing someone else to read an authorized copy is perfectly legitimate. This isn't the gray area you claim it to be.I know that. This is why I said that it was perfectly legal to create a program that records a paraphrased version of powers. Please pay attention, because this isn't something that's being disputed.Again, WotC gives explicit permission to create copies of their works for the purpose of playing the game. Creating a copy of their database so that you can access it without a subscription ISN'T authorized and therefore violates copyright.</blockquote>