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  • Re: [Pandaily] Hasbro Seeks to Sell IP ?DND? and Has Had Preliminary Co

    From lkh@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Feb 1 06:32:03 2024
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    D&D really needs to be in the hands of a small, independent company
    again.

    couldn't agree more!

    For all its faults (it's many, many, many faults) some of D&D's
    best years (again, IMHO) were under the helmsmanship of TSR. Or even
    WOTC, before they were acquired by Hasbro.

    this!

    That smaller companies -
    Paizo, Goodman Games, etc. - all seem to be putting out better, more interesting products than Hasbro (and more of them too) seems telling.

    proving above point.

    We'll have "Folk D&D" at last ...

    Let's suggest to the new land lords, do a 1:1 new print run of
    original D&D, including the boxes 8-)

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to lkh on Thu Feb 1 09:08:47 2024
    On 1/31/2024 10:32 PM, lkh wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
    D&D really needs to be in the hands of a small, independent company
    again.

    couldn't agree more!

    For all its faults (it's many, many, many faults) some of D&D's
    best years (again, IMHO) were under the helmsmanship of TSR. Or even
    WOTC, before they were acquired by Hasbro.

    this!

    That smaller companies -
    Paizo, Goodman Games, etc. - all seem to be putting out better, more
    interesting products than Hasbro (and more of them too) seems telling.

    proving above point.

    We'll have "Folk D&D" at last ...

    Let's suggest to the new land lords, do a 1:1 new print run of
    original D&D, including the boxes 8-)

    Let's not. I assume I'll be dead by then, but in another 50 years it'll
    enter public domain if they don't.

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  • From gbbgu@21:1/5 to Justisaur on Fri Feb 2 02:34:16 2024
    On 2 Feb 2024, Justisaur wrote:

    Let's not. I assume I'll be dead by then, but in another 50 years it'll enter public domain if they don't.

    I could be wrong, but it'll enter the public domain anyway, even if they reprint it.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Kyonshi on Fri Feb 2 14:36:14 2024
    On 2/2/2024 12:29 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
    On 2/2/2024 3:34 AM, gbbgu wrote:
    On 2 Feb 2024, Justisaur wrote:

    Let's not.  I assume I'll be dead by then, but in another 50 years it'll >>> enter public domain if they don't.

    I could be wrong, but it'll enter the public domain anyway, even if they
    reprint it.


    You're not wrong. Well, according to the current laws that is. Who knows
    what copyright shenanigans they are going to come up with in the next 50 years.

    Forgot that bit. I think there's a shorter time if they don't reprint,
    but I think digitally counts for time of last print, and they're
    available on DriveThruRPG in digital form.

    I do have to say I was surprised Disney either didn't try or failed to
    bribe enough politicians to keep Mickey (Steamboat Willy) copy-write
    from expiring.

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