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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5780064" data-attributes="member: 18182">&quot;Shattered&quot; as in, bad move for WotC?&nbsp; Then, yes.&nbsp; WotC got burned by digitally publishing the articles they didn't have solid rights to, and the Kenzerco case is the most visible result of that.&nbsp; Good for Kenzer, bad for WotC.&nbsp; WotC won't repeat that mistake.WotC has full rights to all of the published D&amp;D game books, except for licensed properties such as Conan, Lankmar, Diablo, Wheel of Time, and Call of Cthulu (did I miss any?).&nbsp; They have MOST of the rights for the runs of Dragon and Dungeon magazines, it is only the very earliest issues that are problematic, and then not necessarily every article in each early mag issue.They may not have all the rights for everything they've published, but that's no reason for them to digitally publish what they DO have the rights for, which is an awful LOT of material.The WotC that saved TSR was a different corporate beast than the current subsidiary of Hasbro.&nbsp; But, we'll see what WotC WANTS to do to coincide with their release of D&amp;D Next!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 5780064, member: 18182"] "Shattered" as in, bad move for WotC? Then, yes. WotC got burned by digitally publishing the articles they didn't have solid rights to, and the Kenzerco case is the most visible result of that. Good for Kenzer, bad for WotC. WotC won't repeat that mistake. WotC has full rights to all of the published D&D game books, except for licensed properties such as Conan, Lankmar, Diablo, Wheel of Time, and Call of Cthulu (did I miss any?). They have MOST of the rights for the runs of Dragon and Dungeon magazines, it is only the very earliest issues that are problematic, and then not necessarily every article in each early mag issue. They may not have all the rights for everything they've published, but that's no reason for them to digitally publish what they DO have the rights for, which is an awful LOT of material. The WotC that saved TSR was a different corporate beast than the current subsidiary of Hasbro. But, we'll see what WotC WANTS to do to coincide with their release of D&D Next! [/QUOTE]

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