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[UPDATED AGAIN] Gary Gygax's Widow & TSR Settle Trademark Dispute
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<blockquote data-quote="JohnLynch" data-source="post: 7687564" data-attributes="member: 6749563"><p>I'm not saying your saying this, but I will say this myself: You could interpret their actions since their father's death as a cash grab (although I don't know how much cash they could be grabbing and how much work is involved in the so called grabbing). However from my own family's history: When my great grandfather died he had some war medals from World War I and II. There was a dispute at the time as to who they had been bequeathed to and who should have them. My father and grandfather didn't care too much at the time so they gave up their claim and someone else in the family got them. Years later my father started researching his grandfather. Interviewed old war buddies who knew his grandfather and everything. Wrote an entire book on my great grandfather's life. Even hunted down some medals that my great grandfather was eligible for and got them sent to him. He then gave all this to my grandfather who was the only living male out of his siblings. After reading the book the medals became much more important to him and he arranged to get the medals so he could wear them in marches and somehow ended up with them permanently.</p><p></p><p>All of this is to say that when my great grandfather was alive, his time in the war (which he almost always refused to talk about) and the medals weren't of any great importance to my father or grandfather. But as the years went on they became much more important to both of them. Although Luke and Ernie Gygax's involvement in D&D may have been non-existent when Gary was alive or immediately following his death, there is certainly the possibility that Dungeons & Dragons has since become much more important to them for sentimental reasons rather than financial reasons (my father certainly considered trying to get his book commercially published despite the fact that wasn't the initial reason behind writing it).</p><p></p><p>As for what Gygax would and would not look favourably upon, all I'll say is my great grandfather left his medals to two different people (3, although one of those claims was highly questionable). There was no clear intent as to what he would have wanted and so those who survived him did what they thought was best in the situation and not necessarily what he would have wanted. I expect those in the Gygax family are doing the same, regardless of what personal benefit they may or may not receive from doing so.</p><p></p><p>Just my perspective on the issue as someone who is normally quite cynical.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnLynch, post: 7687564, member: 6749563"] I'm not saying your saying this, but I will say this myself: You could interpret their actions since their father's death as a cash grab (although I don't know how much cash they could be grabbing and how much work is involved in the so called grabbing). However from my own family's history: When my great grandfather died he had some war medals from World War I and II. There was a dispute at the time as to who they had been bequeathed to and who should have them. My father and grandfather didn't care too much at the time so they gave up their claim and someone else in the family got them. Years later my father started researching his grandfather. Interviewed old war buddies who knew his grandfather and everything. Wrote an entire book on my great grandfather's life. Even hunted down some medals that my great grandfather was eligible for and got them sent to him. He then gave all this to my grandfather who was the only living male out of his siblings. After reading the book the medals became much more important to him and he arranged to get the medals so he could wear them in marches and somehow ended up with them permanently. All of this is to say that when my great grandfather was alive, his time in the war (which he almost always refused to talk about) and the medals weren't of any great importance to my father or grandfather. But as the years went on they became much more important to both of them. Although Luke and Ernie Gygax's involvement in D&D may have been non-existent when Gary was alive or immediately following his death, there is certainly the possibility that Dungeons & Dragons has since become much more important to them for sentimental reasons rather than financial reasons (my father certainly considered trying to get his book commercially published despite the fact that wasn't the initial reason behind writing it). As for what Gygax would and would not look favourably upon, all I'll say is my great grandfather left his medals to two different people (3, although one of those claims was highly questionable). There was no clear intent as to what he would have wanted and so those who survived him did what they thought was best in the situation and not necessarily what he would have wanted. I expect those in the Gygax family are doing the same, regardless of what personal benefit they may or may not receive from doing so. Just my perspective on the issue as someone who is normally quite cynical. [/QUOTE]
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