Steven Nentwig (Steven!)
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Selling maps?
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Selling maps?
Ahh, after reading up a bit more on copyright laws I think you're right @ScottA, it would be a derivative work and not transformative. Perhaps the argument could be made that making maps for VTTs alters the meaning/purpose of the original work. If anyone happens to be knowledgeable on copyright laws and can give some insight on this that would be interesting.
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Selling maps?
You bring up a good point. I'm not an expert on copyright laws but as I understand it would be considered transformative work and it's not my intention of claiming authorship of the original work. I believe it would be more of an intellectual property issue. In any case I should look into this further to avoid legal trouble.
Looking at the DMsGuild (a branch of DriveThruRPG in partnership with WotC) content guidelines it looks like selling maps is allowed, for example https://www.dmsguild.com/product/242842/Zhentil-Keep--Forgotten-Realms-Stock-Maps is very similar to the maps I have made. This only applies to Dungeons & Dragons content however. I suppose the best thing would be to contact them about the finer details.
Thanks, that is very insightful. 'Pay What You Will' sounds like a good idea actually, at least to start with. Ultimately the most important thing is to provide fellow gamers with nice maps for their games. Best of luck!
Thanks all for the feedback, as always it's very appreciated.
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Rendering Artifacts
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Numbers Don't Appear on Dungeon Map




