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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 9628244" data-attributes="member: 7035894">I don't think this is an apt analogy at all, unless you actually were stealing the power and they decided to give you a pass.Edit: in your analogy, you always had a right to the electricity, and there was a billing discrepancy - presumably a problem from the power company. When they turned the power back on, you were simply getting back what you already were owed.In this situation, the modder had no right to the IP, and that was very clearly published. No one disputes that. He was owed nothing, but WotC saw the value in his work and decided to change gift him their IP for this mod.That's what I don't understand - your analogy reflects the way that a lot of folks are folks are framing this situation - as if the modder was being deprived of his rights in some way. But he wasn't! He was actually given something that he had no right to. So in your analogy - yeah, boo, bad power company. But in the case at hand...boo WotC because...they quickly agreed that this work was fantastic and decided to support it?Okay, they put out a C&D for day - so what? If you steal someone's property and all you get is a C&D for a day as they review, and then they give it to you...what's the problem? That's a win! As far as bad PR...arguable, but that's certainly not the gist of most of these comments, which aren't "WotC is bad at PR" but "WotC did a terrible thing!" And I think the opposite is true - I think it's great that they quickly decided to give this modder the right to their IP for this.Imagine if he'd done it with Disney characters...</blockquote>

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