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May 20, 2008 - 12:34AM
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And yet, it lets them. Intent is often not a mirror to function, and professionals do not all possess honor beyond reproach. Evidence of this can be found in the news daily. Thus, if you value your intellectual property, you should not post it here.
Yes, it lets them. However, I'm not quite sure how often they have used it. Do you know of any specific points where WotC obviously stole anything off of their forums?
Your posts seem to be accusing WotC of being plagiarists, or supporting plagiarists.
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5 years ago ::
May 20, 2008 - 12:43AM
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May 20, 2008 - 4:20AM
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Might want to note that WotC claims intellectual property rights to anything posted here.
Just because they claim it doesn't mean their claim is enforceable.
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5 years ago ::
May 20, 2008 - 6:18AM
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While there's nothing wrong with a smidge of protection, don't let it make you paranoid either.
For every person who stands and shouts that WotC can/will steal your ideas, there's at least three that swear WotC never even reads these boards.
Let's not forget their embrace of the Grand History of the Realms either. Where WotC took a fan project and bought the rights to it.
So, let's not forget that WotC is made up of gamers much like us, and people who enjoy the community much like we do. As a corporate entity, they have to cover their liabilities, but that doesn't make them evil overlords either.
They just have to walk a careful tightrope.
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May 20, 2008 - 7:44AM
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... That said if you wish to do professional game design you probably shouldn't be posting it on the internet freely anyways.
Right. And for those of us who aren't professionals, why on Oerth would we be posting here if we didn't want our ideas used by others? Wouldn't the best way for that to happen is for WotC to implement it into printed material. I would love it if an idea I posted here made it's way into a publication, credited to me or not. If I'm in this for fame and glory I will be sadly dissapointed. My character on the other hand...
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May 20, 2008 - 8:45AM
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But wouldn't you like some recognition for your work? And how many people would believe you if you tell them it was your idea, if you don't get your name in the book somewhere?
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May 20, 2008 - 9:47AM
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Most of my ideas become GNU OpenDoc anyway. I'll post snippets that I think are fun.
I had already implemented many ideas that I saw in 4e. Did they "steal" from me, or was it parallel evolution? I really don't care. That's not a useful question.
I expect that anyone who is writing for publication is NOT going to toss off their ideas into the forums. That's not a good way to make money.
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May 20, 2008 - 5:50PM
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I for one welcome our new intellectual overlords and would like to remind our new masters that they will need someone to whip their forum slaves as they toil in the new idea mines.
I call dibs on the Morale Committee Beating Coordinator.
Remember, citizen, the beatings will continue until morale improves.
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May 20, 2008 - 11:16PM
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If they take things I homebrew WotC is gonna get its ass sued...by whatever I based it off.
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5 years ago ::
May 21, 2008 - 10:15AM
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Y'know... that would be a great way to start a big corporate battle. Anyone have an RPG system they wanna bolster? I could post "houserules" that form DP9's silhouette system, see if WotC picks it up, and DP9 gets a bunch of $$$ from the following suit.
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