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Hey, Scott. You can smooth down your haclkes. Remember: calling a bodiless legal fiction (a corporation ) names is not a personal attack on you. However, I'm going to chuckle at these assertions: What you’re looking for simply isn’t necessary Oh good. Mr Rouse will be relieved to know that everyone nagging him for a fan site policy for the last year were figments of his imagination. Also, up is down and black is white. and I’m not even sure it’s something that is feasible to begin with. White Wolf, Paizo, Pinnacle, and every other game company (save Palladium, but they're special ) have a fan site policy. You should inform them of the impossibility of this. See above re: up is down. There are PRECIOUS few ways that you could create a fan site that isn’t protected by fair use Of course. I know this, and you are clearly smart enough to know it too. However, you're also smart enough, then, to know that fair use is a reactive defence that can be used in a court after paying through the nose for the privilege of defending yourself from a frivolous lawsuit. Most people don't bother financially ruining themselves when a corporation comes knocking with a C D over a fan site. Most shut down, or get shut down by surprise if the corp goes straight to the hosting company.Fair use is not enough for everyone to blog with confidence (glad you're an exception), which is why fans have been demanding a policy statement. I'm not saying WotC will issue frivolous lawsuits or C Ds, but that people will avoid doing things due to concern that WotC might. Go back and read the definition of chilling effect . You don't personally have to feel it or observe it for it to exist. (In fact, by its nature, selection bias is a built-in misfeature of the chilling effect.)As an example of a game with the opposite of a chilling effect, there is a fan-run full of homebrew game rules and setting conversions. Is there something like that for 4e, and if so, are the operators going about their business confidently? (To be clear: an honest question.)