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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 7661262" data-attributes="member: 22779">Hate filled?&nbsp; Really?&nbsp; Saying that companies that own their IP should get paid for using that IP is hate filled?&nbsp; Other companies allow fan made generators for many reasons.&nbsp; Off the top of my head:&nbsp; The company's brand is so tiny that any means of getting the word out there is worth it;&nbsp; Free advertising;&nbsp; The companies brand is so worthless that it doesn't hurt them to allow free generators;&nbsp; the company is poorly run;&nbsp; the company lacks the legal department to know how to deal with people stealing their IP.Pick one of the above.&nbsp; While you're doing so, could you answer my question?&nbsp; If I take something that you published, copy it, put my name on the cover and then sell it for 99 cents on DriveThruRPG, do you have any right to complain?&nbsp; Are you not hurting the brand by complaining?&nbsp; After all, I'm just providing something to the fans that they want.&nbsp; For some in this thread, that means that not only am I justified in doing so, but, if you want to sell your book, you should have to offer more in order to justify the higher price, otherwise, you have to offer it at my price point.Why is that wrong?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 7661262, member: 22779"] Hate filled? Really? Saying that companies that own their IP should get paid for using that IP is hate filled? Other companies allow fan made generators for many reasons. Off the top of my head: The company's brand is so tiny that any means of getting the word out there is worth it; Free advertising; The companies brand is so worthless that it doesn't hurt them to allow free generators; the company is poorly run; the company lacks the legal department to know how to deal with people stealing their IP. Pick one of the above. While you're doing so, could you answer my question? If I take something that you published, copy it, put my name on the cover and then sell it for 99 cents on DriveThruRPG, do you have any right to complain? Are you not hurting the brand by complaining? After all, I'm just providing something to the fans that they want. For some in this thread, that means that not only am I justified in doing so, but, if you want to sell your book, you should have to offer more in order to justify the higher price, otherwise, you have to offer it at my price point. Why is that wrong? [/QUOTE]

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