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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 8876687" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>Because you are giving them information about your sales. I am still not clear on whether that 50K threshold is for all of your revenue from RPGs or just your revenue from OGL. But both cases give WOTC information companies might want to keep to themselves. The best case scenario you are giving WOTC market research information they can use. The worst case scenario you are giving them information about your sales that they can use to compete against you with similar products (and there are other reasons a company might not want another publisher knowing their sales total for OGL related revenue). The other issue is it creates a relationship with WOTC that companies might not want to have. You are now in a position of reporting to them, and being required to do so under the terms of the license (again provided you meet the threshold). And even the companies that don't report are effectively letting WOTC know they aren't making over 50K (which again can be important). Granted this only impacts people participating in the current OGL for One D&amp;D. But the point I think a lot of folks are making isn't that companies should absolutely not do this, but that many will probably have to seriously consider whether they should do it or not. Like I said before, every publisher is going to react differently. Some might have exactly the reaction you are, which is they won't see it as a big deal and happily go along with it. Others may be more concerned. It is a business so people are going to be cagey even if there are no hidden intentions with the reporting.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 8876687, member: 85555"] Because you are giving them information about your sales. I am still not clear on whether that 50K threshold is for all of your revenue from RPGs or just your revenue from OGL. But both cases give WOTC information companies might want to keep to themselves. The best case scenario you are giving WOTC market research information they can use. The worst case scenario you are giving them information about your sales that they can use to compete against you with similar products (and there are other reasons a company might not want another publisher knowing their sales total for OGL related revenue). The other issue is it creates a relationship with WOTC that companies might not want to have. You are now in a position of reporting to them, and being required to do so under the terms of the license (again provided you meet the threshold). And even the companies that don't report are effectively letting WOTC know they aren't making over 50K (which again can be important). Granted this only impacts people participating in the current OGL for One D&D. But the point I think a lot of folks are making isn't that companies should absolutely not do this, but that many will probably have to seriously consider whether they should do it or not. Like I said before, every publisher is going to react differently. Some might have exactly the reaction you are, which is they won't see it as a big deal and happily go along with it. Others may be more concerned. It is a business so people are going to be cagey even if there are no hidden intentions with the reporting. [/QUOTE]

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