D&D General WotC is at it again

[darjr]

Good grief I was still under the assumption that Wizards did not have a forum anymore from when they closed it years ago...

What is this even from, the D&D beyond Fourms?

They inherited the dndbeyond forums.

 

[Havain]

This is not new, it was already in the agreement.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

If that’s the case I don’t think this is new.

 

[mamba]

This does not relate to WotC stealing the body of a novel you've written and putting it as a copy-paste into their next book without paying you royalties.

unless you post it on their site and they like it enough to publish it

but yeah, boilerplate stuff, as bad as it is that this has become boilerplate…

 

[Morrus]

Apropos of nothing, somebody in real life told me recently that WotC had nicked his idea. This from somebody who had in no way interacted with WotC and who WotC was in no way aware even existed. So if people are willing to accuse companies of nicking their stuff offline they sure as hell are gonna do it with stuff that’s online.

Plus copyright trolls exist. There are people—and companies—out there who will just chance it and sue, claiming their content has been stolen.

It sucks badly that terms of service have to include this stuff these days, but it’s pretty much a necessity, especially if your primary business activity is the creation of content. It is, as folks have pointed out above, pretty much standard these days.

But I think it’s safe to say WotC doesn’t want your forum posts.

 

[Clint_L]

Well, maybe not Wizkids, but what about Enworld????

Can we expect the Big Book of Forum Posts, coming soon?

 

[UngainlyTitan]

This is normal stuff and as far as I can remember there were sites in the early days of forums that actually claimed ownership of material published on the site.

 

[Morrus]

Well, maybe not Wizkids, but what about Enworld????

Can we expect the Big Book of Forum Posts, coming soon?

Actually Gail Gygax did that with her late husband’s posts. Made a whole book of them!

 

[Reynard]

I always wondered who owns the copyright of soemthing you post on a forum like this one or RPG.net or whatever. Just from an academic/curiosity standpoint.

Like, if @Morrus decided to publish The Best of @Snarf Zagyg who would reap the tens of dollars of rewards?

 

[AlViking]

I always wondered who owns the copyright of soemthing you post on a forum like this one or RPG.net or whatever. Just from an academic/curiosity standpoint.

Like, if @Morrus decided to publish The Best of @Snarf Zagyg who would reap the tens of dollars of rewards?

Bards Anonymous would be the logical choice.