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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5405611" data-attributes="member: 19675">I wouldn't know yes or no, but my gut feeling is that if the mods found this to be the case, they'd take it down...which is probably what WoC would ask for. Not so much assumptions as personal observations.  I'm not sure of what besides some possible downloads that ENWorld has yet to remove that WotC could point at and say "this cost us money" and initiate a lawsuit.Whether or not Morrus has the funds to win/survive a WotC suit is something only he could answer.And we have zero idea as to what went on before this time- nothing?  A bunch of C&D letters?  Prior threats of legal action?  We simply don't know.I DID answer that- I've seen nothing here WotC could hang a lawsuit on.To file a lawsuit, they would have to allege facts supporting their claims if being damaged.  With, as I pointed out, nearly all of the speech I've seen here falling into constitutionally protected safe harbors, there's nothing to allege from the forums.  Given their history of mod enforcement, ENWorld would win on the merits (or possibly even an outright dismissal) that they did give their best efforts to keep the site infringement free.So I'm asking you, is there some form of infringement you've seen here go unpunished that you feel could endanger ENWorld?  Because I haven't seen any.As to how would I feel?Well, given my personal assessment of ENWorld's environment, I'd think WotC would be foolish to go after the site for a variety of reasons, most boiling down to I haven't seen anything they could sue for.  They could file the case, no doubt, but I suspect it would be dismissed for lack of alleging facts to support their allegations, case over.I guess I'm saying that, based in my perceptions of ENWorld, you're asking about a scenario that has less than a 10% chance of occurring.</blockquote>

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