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<blockquote data-quote="Irlo" data-source="post: 9280147" data-attributes="member: 7028372">I'll clarify. In the context of this thread (and of the thread from which this one derived), the concept of ownership of a character is expansive and includes the right to restrict or allow the use of that content in RPG games (hence the &quot;s around owns in this thread's title). At least, that's the context that some posters are using, and that's the only context that I'm responding to. I dispute that the creator of a character in a game or in any other context gives the creator any special rights or authority over the way the character is used by others in non-published venues. I can draw Spider-Man. I can tell my kid stories about his favorite fictional characters. I can use a D&amp;D character played by another person in my game in any way I want without infringing on their rights as a creator. I don't have enough legal knowledge to say if a player can own an RPG character in the less expansive sense (that is, whether the player has sole authority to authorize or prohibit the use of the character in published or otherwise disseminated works. That's not important in the context of who can determine if or how a character is used in D&amp;D.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Irlo, post: 9280147, member: 7028372"] I'll clarify. In the context of this thread (and of the thread from which this one derived), the concept of ownership of a character is expansive and includes the right to restrict or allow the use of that content in RPG games (hence the "s around [I]owns[/I] in this thread's title). At least, that's the context that some posters are using, and that's the only context that I'm responding to. I dispute that the creator of a character in a game or in any other context gives the creator any special rights or authority over the way the character is used by others in non-published venues. I can draw Spider-Man. I can tell my kid stories about his favorite fictional characters. I can use a D&D character played by another person in my game in any way I want without infringing on their rights as a creator. I don't have enough legal knowledge to say if a player can own an RPG character in the less expansive sense (that is, whether the player has sole authority to authorize or prohibit the use of the character in published or otherwise disseminated works. That's not important in the context of who can determine if or how a character is used in D&D. [/QUOTE]

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