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White Wolf Applying License to Indie Games

Posted by Zonk on from the goes-over-like-a-lead-balloon dept.

Enigma23 writes "White Wolf, Inc. has decided to enforce a licensing system upon those who run their games in their World of Darkness. Here is the full text of the license. The Licensing process will force those who have not already joined the Camarilla, White Wolf's official fan club, to pay a yearly $20 fee. They're not going to go after games that don't charge money for the event, but the wording is such that they can legally sue those who don't comply even if they only charge enough money to cover costs. The practical upshot is that technically the WW Stormtroopers could raid your house merely if everyone chips in a few quid for pizza. This is evidently doubly so if anyone in your gaming group is under the age of 18, which is against the membership policy of The Camarilla. There is a further discussion on RPG.net about the various issues involved." The BoingBoing discussion is interesting, as well.

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  1. Is this like some kind of stupid plague? by failrate · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, someone at White Wolf cottoned on to all of the patent and IP lawsuits going around and decided they wanted a piece of the pie. So, like I'm guessing some form of stupidity plague is pandemic in corporate offices (must be that nasty office air), like an airborne form of BSE. Otherwise, their legal department must be just an ordinary bunch of idiots.

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  2. Defiance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    After hearing about WW new policy, I will be starting a new WoD LARP. Only non-Cam-members allowed and the fee is $300US per night. This will mainly cover the costs for:

    1) booze
    2) bribes to local law
    3) a pack of glow-in-the-dark condoms with the WW logo on them
    4) an underage goth of the appropriate sex to pleasure you or take your place in a game that you didn't want to play anyway.(They won't be paid, they're doing it for the angst)

  3. Easy Solution: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny
    "The practical upshot is that technically the WW Stormtroopers could raid your house merely if everyone chips in a few quid for pizza."


    "We don't need to pay you royalty fees."


    WHITE WOLF STORMTROOPER: "We don't need to collect their royalty fees."


    "These aren't the sourcebooks you're looking for."


    WHITE WOLF STORMTROOPER: "These aren't the sourcebooks we're looking for."


    "We can go about our roleplaying."


    WHITE WOLF STORMTROOPER: "You can go about your roleplaying."


    "Move along."


    WHITE WOLF STORMTROOPER: "Move along. Move along."


    RPGer: "I thought we were dead."


    "The Kindred hold many powers over assholes and the weak-minded."