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<blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2389380" data-attributes="member: 707">From my reading, this isn't true.&nbsp; It would only be true if you structured it a very specific way.&nbsp; i.e. you charged players to play, then used that money to buy the pizza.&nbsp; Just as easily (and the usual case with D&amp;D), there is no charge on the game, and everyone simply buys lunch together.&nbsp; I'm sure you can see the distinction.It can't really be applied to D&amp;D, because (as far as I know), there aren't organizations out there charging players to play D&amp;D.&nbsp; Notice that a convention fee is exempt from the policy.&nbsp; Only should players be charged a specific fee at the convention above and beyond the entrance price, or individual groups charge their members for each game, would the policy kick in, requiring (in the case of D&amp;D) the charging organization to get a license from WotC/Hasbro.I can understand why White Wolf is starting the new policy.&nbsp; As you say, it's a legal matter.&nbsp; People are charging other people for using their product.&nbsp; If they don't have a piece of that (as I understand it), their copyright is in danger of being nullified.&nbsp; (Since if you don't zealously protect your copyright, you lose it.)But the whole issue is about the commercial use of White Wolf's products.&nbsp; And while every once in a while someone starts up a thread about &quot;DM's for Hire&quot;...it's my understanding that D&amp;D is still a free game for the overwhelming majority of players.&nbsp; No commercial use means this will never come up for D&amp;D.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lord Pendragon, post: 2389380, member: 707"] From my reading, this isn't true. It would only be true if you structured it a very specific way. i.e. you charged players to play, then used that money to buy the pizza. Just as easily (and the usual case with D&D), there is no charge on the game, and everyone simply buys lunch together. I'm sure you can see the distinction.It can't really be applied to D&D, because (as far as I know), there aren't organizations out there charging players to play D&D. Notice that a [i]convention fee[/i] is exempt from the policy. Only should players be charged a specific fee at the convention above and beyond the entrance price, or individual groups charge their members for each game, would the policy kick in, requiring (in the case of D&D) the charging organization to get a license from WotC/Hasbro. I can understand why White Wolf is starting the new policy. As you say, it's a legal matter. People are charging other people for using [i]their product[/i]. If they don't have a piece of that (as I understand it), their copyright is in danger of being nullified. (Since if you don't zealously protect your copyright, you lose it.) But the whole issue is about the commercial use of White Wolf's products. And while every once in a while someone starts up a thread about "DM's for Hire"...it's my understanding that D&D is still a free game for the overwhelming majority of players. No commercial use means this will never come up for D&D. :) [/QUOTE]

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