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Post Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:04 am 
 

How can they use a copyrighted character's name in an item that they made themselves?

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Post Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 9:59 am 
 

Moot. Strahd & Ravenloft are minimal scraps upon which to undertake an expensive copyright suit.
And such action would look bad, of course.

You very probably need a more substantial sequential set of words, proven to be directly lifted, to make that case.

Use of Trade Mark (Ravenloft) is a different matter, and could summon a C&D.

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Post Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2016 11:24 am 
 

ExTSR wrote in Is this a copyright violation?:Moot. Strahd & Ravenloft are minimal scraps upon which to undertake an expensive copyright suit.
And such action would look bad, of course.

You very probably need a more substantial sequential set of words, proven to be directly lifted, to make that case.

Use of Trade Mark (Ravenloft) is a different matter, and could summon a C&D.

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Hadn't thought about a Trademark infringement. That does seem more reasonable. I guess it would depend on how hot of a property WotC considers Ravenloftâ„¢ to be ATM.

  
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