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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6648005" data-attributes="member: 177">I don't think that's what is happening, Justin.&nbsp; I suspect he finds your point to be a technicality that has no practical impact.&nbsp; In fact, he says so - &quot;What difference does it make?&quot;You didn't answer that question.&nbsp; You dodged it.&nbsp; WotC paid someone to make a product.&nbsp; What difference does it make if the person writing it was a full-time WotC employee, a contractor, or a member of another company?&nbsp; In each scenario, money changed hands, and a product got written.&nbsp; &nbsp; In the end, the product got made, and put out there with WotCs brand on it.&nbsp; What matters beyond that?&nbsp; Answer that question please - why does it matter who wrote it?&nbsp; In modern business, the question of who does the actual work is not a moral one, but a practical one.&nbsp; This is a major point behind &quot;producing&quot;.&nbsp; Producers don't necessarily do much creative work themselves, but they make sure the creative work happens, and stuff is organized so that the full path to the customer is opened.&nbsp; Producers are important.&nbsp; WotC *produced* the product.Someone with a different leaning would spin WotC outsourcing content production as a *good* thing - it is support and opportunity for game designers and writers outside WotC.&nbsp; Why is that bad?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6648005, member: 177"] I don't think that's what is happening, Justin. I suspect he finds your point to be a technicality that has no practical impact. In fact, he says so - "What difference does it make?" You didn't answer that question. You dodged it. WotC paid someone to make a product. What difference does it make if the person writing it was a full-time WotC employee, a contractor, or a member of another company? In each scenario, money changed hands, and a product got written. In the end, the product got made, and put out there with WotCs brand on it. What matters beyond that? Answer that question please - why does it matter who wrote it? In modern business, the question of who does the actual work is not a moral one, but a practical one. This is a major point behind "producing". Producers don't necessarily do much creative work themselves, but they make sure the creative work happens, and stuff is organized so that the full path to the customer is opened. Producers are important. WotC *produced* the product. Someone with a different leaning would spin WotC outsourcing content production as a *good* thing - it is support and opportunity for game designers and writers outside WotC. Why is that bad? [/QUOTE]

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