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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Riastlin" data-source="post: 5289362" data-attributes="member: 94022">As a lawyer (though not an IP lawyer) I'll chime in that I am absolutely certain that CSRs have been told not to discuss legal matters as simply put its not their call.  Furthermore, as a lawyer, the thing I fear most is my client speaking without talking to me first as it sets off all kinds of potential problems (though of course not always).  So in short, I don't fault the CSR for not discussing the legal matters.As to the IP use, I think one problem could be the fact that you were planning to post the images on Obsidian Portal.  While you would not be profiting from this use of WoTC's IP, Obsidian Portal most certainly might.  First, they'd be getting money from you for the use of the images.  Second, other users who see the image and think "Hey cool" then add their own purchases of upgraded accounts.  Next OP might be able to sell more advertising as their site draws more hits, thus making more money.  Finally, you would then be putting the WoTC IP up in a public arena where it could potentially be copied by others and then redistributed, etc.While I think that technically merely copying the images in and of itself constitutes copyright infringement (I could be wrong here though) it would certainly be a lot less harmful to WotC if you merely displayed said images at the game table.So in short, I'm really not at all surprised that a) you were turned down and b) the CSR would not discuss the reason (odds are he doesn't even know the exact reason, kinda like the cashier at Wal-Mart won't be able to tell you why a particular fishing pole costs more at Wal-Mart than at K Mart.</blockquote>

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