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Thanks again everyone
I now need things to go on sale, LOL |
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Granted.
"Often" being the operative word. Quote:
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If you manage to convince content creators to put their IP in RW content market, with a permission to alter any of their copy written content to suite the whims of the purchaser; you sir a a saint and worth any homage you receive from it! WOTC guards their IP with ferocity and are extremely anal retentive about how it is used. Last edited by Strategon; January 16th, 2017 at 04:56 PM. Reason: Clarity |
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Thanks for the rebuke Rob, while I am not intentionally attempting to spread misinformation, If I am misinformed I completely own that. So, if I purchase content and import it into a realm, can I click edit and edit said purchased information? Here is the article where I derived my assumption:
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If you manage to convince content creators to put their IP in RW content market, with a permission to alter any of their copy written content to suite the whims of the purchaser; you sir a a saint and worth any homage you receive from it! WOTC guards their IP with ferocity and are extremely anal retentive about how it is used. |
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While they may guard it I think their concerns are catered for here.
I would assume (and hopeful) LW and WOTC will sit down and agree on a license which will enable LW to sell the official content. I'm hoping that will apply to HL also. I would expect to see the PHB, MM, DMG, Supplements and Adventure Modules. I would expect to see the books sold in the format they are currently sold just via Realm Works. Which will be amazing.. but... What I would LOVE to see is generic content made for the Forgotten Realm. The ability for users to submit content designed for the Forgotten Realms and other popular settings. A map of the Realm filled with content and pins and links. Wouldn't it be lovely! But that won't be possible. The only place that allows that is the DMsGuild.com What Realm Work would really benefit from is the same license arrangement that applies to the DMsGuild. That would open the door for the people to get really creative. Use the rules and content from the books as they see fit. I personally doubt that will happen but remain optimistic. Realm Works - Community Links Realm Work and Hero Lab Videos Ream Works Facebook User Group CC3+ Facebook User Group D&D 5e Community Pack - Contributor General Hero Lab Support & Community Resources D&D 5e Community Pack - Install Instructions / D&D 5e Community Pack - Log Fault / D&D 5e Community Pack - Editor Knowledge Base Obsidian Obsidian TTRPG Tutorials |
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Modification and integration is the whole point of RW.
You can edit anything you import and you can do anything you want with it. It will however still be flagged as belonging to the original publisher. My understanding is if you add NPCs or encounters from a published module to one that you create, you will not be able to upload yours to the marketplace to share with other people as your own, even if you change the names and such. If on the other hand you copy/paste that same material from a PDF or printed module, you could modify names and such to incorporate it into your own work. Depending on how much modification you make, it may still be infringing but it would probably require someone to report it. |
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my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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As Rob stated earlier, I have -0- knowledge of what agreements LW has obtained to redistribute IP; only mentioned it because it FG went through a lot of work to obtain their licensing for WOTC products and there are lots of stipulations, including not allowing any of the content to be altered in any way. |
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However nothing in IP law says that a purchaser cannot do whatever they want with their personal copy of something as long as they don't try to sell it as their own product. You wouldn't suggest that people playing 5e using home brew rules are somehow violating WotC's IP would you? my Realm Works videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZU...4DwXXkvmBXQ9Yw |
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As an example even in the OGL from WOTC they list this: Quote:
This is why I followed up my original post with a quote from LW that stated: Quote:
Having worked with WOTC in the past, and by experience knowing how difficult they are to work with in this area, I don't see them ever allowing any of their IP to be sold with the possibility of being edited like that. In the end, I certainly realize my opinion means nothing; however, the companies that are allowing this I will go out of my way to support for being so community friendly. This is what LW listed in the same article I quoted above as initial content in the market:
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