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<blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 8884926" data-attributes="member: 3457">Copyright isn’t IP. IP is Driz’zt Do’Urden, the name Dungeons &amp; Dragons or Forgotten Realms. It is titles that indicate a Product Identity not “roll a d20 and add modifiers”. It is not a wall of text. The SRD is copyright but it is not Product Identity because the OGL does not allow use of Product Identity. IP is not Strength 14 is a +2 modifier. An IP is trademarkable. Rules are not trademarkable. The SRD contains nothing that can be trademarked and what could be from Wizards, again, they chose to put in there and not designated as Product Identity. As in “non trademarkable”. They can’t market product called “Drow”. They can’t actually market a product called “Orcus” or even “Demogorgon” because they are mythical beings from religious traditions but they can Trademark Juiblex. They can Trademark Mind Flayer. They can Trademark a Beholder because those things are unique to D&amp;D. They’re Product Identity.The claim that rules are not IP is simplistic because it is a fact. Don’t confuse IP with copyrights. They are not the same thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="teitan, post: 8884926, member: 3457"] Copyright isn’t IP. IP is Driz’zt Do’Urden, the name Dungeons & Dragons or Forgotten Realms. It is titles that indicate a Product Identity not “roll a d20 and add modifiers”. It is not a wall of text. The SRD is copyright but it is not Product Identity because the OGL does not allow use of Product Identity. IP is not Strength 14 is a +2 modifier. An IP is trademarkable. Rules are not trademarkable. The SRD contains nothing that can be trademarked and what could be from Wizards, again, they chose to put in there and not designated as Product Identity. As in “non trademarkable”. They can’t market product called “Drow”. They can’t actually market a product called “Orcus” or even “Demogorgon” because they are mythical beings from religious traditions but they can Trademark Juiblex. They can Trademark Mind Flayer. They can Trademark a Beholder because those things are unique to D&D. They’re Product Identity. The claim that rules are not IP is simplistic because it is a fact. Don’t confuse IP with copyrights. They are not the same thing. [/QUOTE]

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