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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mistwell" data-source="post: 8872775" data-attributes="member: 2525">It is truly weird to see "Big evil greedy corporation hurting the little guy" from the same people arguing "Top 1% of D&D publishers represent all 100% of D&D publishers and we must defend their interests as our interests!"No, the less that 20 publishers who generate more than $750,000/year in income off the license do not in fact represent "all" third party publishers to some degree. It is in fact highly relevant that the number of entities that need to pay a royalty under this plan is an incredibly small number relative to their competition in that marketplace. It's fair to distinguish between "Professionals who do this for a living likely in their own corporation with employees and government filings" and "side gig or hobbyist." This has been a topic argued going back to 1e AD&D, the importance of supporting fans sharing their homebrew work with other fans, even if it's for a few bucks to support their time, versus professionals who create RPGs for a full time living.</blockquote>