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<blockquote data-quote="mcrow" data-source="post: 2389876" data-attributes="member: 29117">Here is a post from a post on rpg.net by Justin for those who don't want to page mindlessly through that thread:&nbsp;&quot;As always, topics like this bring out the armchair lawyers and the histrionics. &nbsp;The purpose of this policy is to prevent larger, &quot;unsanctioned&quot; groups from trading on the White Wolf IP to generate profit for themselves. If you run a service for profit based on someone else's IP without a license, you have broken the law, just like selling bootleg CDs or DVDs without a license. &nbsp;As a side benefit, it allows us to control a certain degree of quality and standards with regard to live-action groups. If we get a call from a convention organizer and she's all, &quot;We'd like to have a Vampire LARP, but the last time we did, they sacrificed a goat and defiled all the minors in the building,&quot; we can say &quot;They weren't officially sanctioned to run that game. Here's the contact info for your local Camarilla chapter, who will run this game professionally, safely and responsibly.&quot; &nbsp;That's it. This isn't an attempt to invade your home game or generate another $20, nor is it an attempt to build a zombie world-conquest army populated by LARPers. It's quality control and trademark protection. &nbsp;You may now return to the standard battery of hysteria. &quot;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Then he goes on to spit insults back an forth with a pissed off fan. I think thats shows a lack of class IMO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mcrow, post: 2389876, member: 29117"] Here is a post from a post on rpg.net by Justin for those who don't want to page mindlessly through that thread: "As always, topics like this bring out the armchair lawyers and the histrionics. The purpose of this policy is to prevent larger, "unsanctioned" groups from trading on the White Wolf IP to generate profit for themselves. If you run a service for profit based on someone else's IP without a license, you [i]have[/i] broken the law, just like selling bootleg CDs or DVDs without a license. As a side benefit, it allows us to control a certain degree of quality and standards with regard to live-action groups. If we get a call from a convention organizer and she's all, "We'd like to have a Vampire LARP, but the last time we did, they sacrificed a goat and defiled all the minors in the building," we can say "They weren't officially sanctioned to run that game. Here's the contact info for your local Camarilla chapter, who will run this game professionally, safely and responsibly." That's it. This isn't an attempt to invade your home game or generate another $20, nor is it an attempt to build a zombie world-conquest army populated by LARPers. It's quality control and trademark protection. You may now return to the standard battery of hysteria. " Then he goes on to spit insults back an forth with a pissed off fan. I think thats shows a lack of class IMO. [/QUOTE]

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