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In response to
"From what I can tell, it’s once you’re above a certain level, yes. "
by
spamlet
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What I can recall about it ...
Posted by
zork
Jan 13 '23, 07:32
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The previous license was decent for third party creators and helped spawn the big comeback of D&D.
(According to "leaked" material)
In the new one, if a content maker grosses more than $750k, you'll be subject to 25% royalty off the top. For many, that will change them to red ink.
They will reserve the right to take your published material (if successful, natch) and publish as their own (possibly without compensation).
Anything previously published under the old license magically is changed to the new one. (I have no idea how that can be legal.)
They can change the conditions at any time, like making the threshold $20k instead of $750k, or a different royalty rate.
etc.
One scenario is if you launch a kickstarter and suddenly pull in $1M instead of the $50k you expected, you suddenly owe hundreds of thousands before you even make the content and pay your expenses. If your margins were slim, this would kill you.
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