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They didn't seem to mind pathfinderwiki.com.
infact if you look at the various art threads, various editors have commented about the fan art there and similar questions have been raised and answered... I'll see if I can find the threads.. the first link below is the fan created stuff for RotRL and the second one is the fanart thread with lots of editor input
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While very busy, the staff at Paizo have been helpful and receptive to the Pathfinder Wiki. In the earliest stages of it, we were in contact with a number of them on how to proceed without stepping on their IP toes. They said that any art from the blog was open to use, so we've been able to include all of that. As for everything else, we credit all sources for information, and make it a point to try in as many ways as possible to drive users here to purchase materials for themselves. I imagine that as long as you aren't claiming the property as your own, and aren't copying verbatim products that they hope to make money on, that you'd have no problem, but it's really a question Vic, Lisa or Erik should answer. I can't see how a larger internet presence would hurt Paizo though.
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We are just in the very, very early stages of drafting a fan site document (as in "thinking and talking about it, but not yet actually writing it").
Until that's done, let Fair Use and other aspects of copyright law, as well as the OGL's open content clauses, be your guide about what's ok and what's not. (And, as has been pointed out, it's also ok to use material from the Paizo Blog, though we'd like proper copyright attribution wherever possible.)
While I don't have much in the way of detail to share on our policy right now, you can expect that we'll ask for a few reasonable restrictions (such as proper attribution, and restriction against using our IP for profit), and in return we'll provide access to additional content that isn't available under Fair Use or the OGL.
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While I don't have much in the way of detail to share on our policy right now, you can expect that we'll ask for a few reasonable restrictions (such as proper attribution, and restriction against using our IP for profit), and in return we'll provide access to additional content that isn't available under Fair Use or the OGL.
Somewhat related to this, I was wondering if it's ok to upload covers for Paizo titles to sites like LibraryThing or Amazon. Amazon has the mockup covers (or worse, no cover at all) for a number of Paizo products. Granted, a user contributed cover on Amazon isn't the same as having the "real" cover updated, but it would be better than nothing. While I could photograph the covers or screenshot and resize the pdf's I own, LibraryThing requires that the uploader should have permission before uploading any images. I think that something like this would be fair use, but I haven't done so (in spite of my nagging OCD) because I try to be respectful of copyright.
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I assume we should also include something along the bottom like you have below.
"Paizo Publishing, LLC, is a registered trademarks of, and Pathfinder, are trademarks of Paizo Publishing, LLC. Most product names are trademarks owned by the companies that publish those products; use of such names without mention of trademark status should not be construed as a challenge to such status. Artwork ©2007-2008 Paizo Publishing, LLC."
Would that be ok? I know how lawyers are :) I think there are a couple of rules lawyers on the forums as well :)
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Edited:
"Pathfinder is a trademark of, and Paizo Publishing, LLC, is a registered trademark of Paizo Publishing, LLC. Artwork ©2007-2008 Paizo Publishing, LLC."
(That middle bit I cut out is disclaiming all of the third-party trademarks we use in the store without specific attribution, so is probably unnecessary on your fan site.)
Also appreciated would be language like "For more information on Pathfinder Adventure Paths or the Pathfinder RPG (or whatever else you might be talking about), please visit http://paizo.com."