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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 3428257" data-attributes="member: 28771">Sir,I am not passive aggressive.  I am trying to be politically correct.  If you want me to be perfectly blunt, I will.  This conversation happened last month in the publisher forum at RPGNOW as a potential idea.  Several publishers did the research and discovered there were legal ramification for this type of promotion, and the topic was dropped.  In fact, in that very thread I made the same general comments as this one.  I am not saying anything in this thread that I have not said to other publishers and vendors.  I have both privately and publically been very adamant about the lack of business acumen throughout the industry.  My comments are not directed at any one person.  They are the same comments I have made time and time again in other situations.  Too often, people feel it is perfectly acceptable to ignore the law and never consult an attorney.  People ask for tax advice in the forums instead of consulting an accountant.  People air their dirty laundry in public instead of filing a complaint with the BBB or local consumer affairs.  And people use ideas that have been demonstrating to be legally shaky and just say "to hell with it" and do it anyway.If you feel this was a personally attack, I'm sorry you feel that way.  But frankly I am not responsible for your feelings on the matter.  I have simply stated what I have stated time and time again in countless threads.  If you took it personally, then perhaps you should ask yourself why.  I suggest you go back and re-read my comments in the context they were stated.  I was replying to someone else's assertion that small businesses can basically ignore the law.  This is not true.  It bothers me that people constantly put forth this notion that "it isn't illegal until you get caught."  THAT is what I was responding to.</blockquote>

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