Why is it that my HB class that I posted telling me after being uploaded for just over a week that it is rejected due to copyright when I'm not uploading copyrighted stuff as far as I know.
The only thing I can figure is that the class is called The Mystic so IDK if D&D was planning on releasing their own class with the same name that I'm not aware of otherwise IDK what the deal is. Appreciate the help.
Mystic was the name of a playtest psionic class released by Wizards as Unearthed Arcana. Though the class was never officially released, it remains available as UA. It is less that they are planning on releasing their own class names mystic, and more that they already released a class with that name, even if it is currently unofficial.
Mystic was the name of a playtest psionic class released by Wizards as Unearthed Arcana. Though the class was never officially released, it remains available as UA. It is less that they are planning on releasing their own class names mystic, and more that they already released a class with that name, even if it is currently unofficial.
Mystic was the name of a playtest psionic class released by Wizards as Unearthed Arcana. Though the class was never officially released, it remains available as UA. It is less that they are planning on releasing their own class names mystic, and more that they already released a class with that name, even if it is currently unofficial.
So just changing the name should fix it?
I will not weigh in on that due to insufficient information - the usage of the name Mystic is a clear problem (albeit one you would have to have a passing familiarity with UA to recognise), but there could be other problems as well.
That would be like someone trying to copyright "Wizard" or "Carpenter" or "Toast"
I'm certainly no expert on this stuff, but I like to think I have a good general overview.
My take: A word, standing alone, isn't a "work" that is eligible for copyright protection (for that, you have to look to trademark law, another beast entirely). As an element of a work, it can be compared to similar elements in other works. Here you have the same word in two different works that's doing exactly the same job. Both are the names of character classes for Dungeons & Dragons. In that narrow context, I think you can say it appears to infringe on that element of the UA class. As a noun in a random sentence it would not do so.
Someone searching for information about the class may get the wrong result, or happen to see discussion around one and assume it applies to the other. Wizards might get test feedback about the wrong one, and that may not always be clear.
It's pretty reasonable for the first to ask the second to change it! It's at least colorable that it infringes, and it could cause a little harm.
Why is it that my HB class that I posted telling me after being uploaded for just over a week that it is rejected due to copyright when I'm not uploading copyrighted stuff as far as I know.
The only thing I can figure is that the class is called The Mystic so IDK if D&D was planning on releasing their own class with the same name that I'm not aware of otherwise IDK what the deal is. Appreciate the help.
DruidVSAdventure
Check out my Homebrew Class The Evoker
Mystic was the name of a playtest psionic class released by Wizards as Unearthed Arcana. Though the class was never officially released, it remains available as UA. It is less that they are planning on releasing their own class names mystic, and more that they already released a class with that name, even if it is currently unofficial.
So just changing the name should fix it?
DruidVSAdventure
Check out my Homebrew Class The Evoker
I will not weigh in on that due to insufficient information - the usage of the name Mystic is a clear problem (albeit one you would have to have a passing familiarity with UA to recognise), but there could be other problems as well.
I'm certainly no expert on this stuff, but I like to think I have a good general overview.
My take: A word, standing alone, isn't a "work" that is eligible for copyright protection (for that, you have to look to trademark law, another beast entirely). As an element of a work, it can be compared to similar elements in other works. Here you have the same word in two different works that's doing exactly the same job. Both are the names of character classes for Dungeons & Dragons. In that narrow context, I think you can say it appears to infringe on that element of the UA class. As a noun in a random sentence it would not do so.
Someone searching for information about the class may get the wrong result, or happen to see discussion around one and assume it applies to the other. Wizards might get test feedback about the wrong one, and that may not always be clear.
It's pretty reasonable for the first to ask the second to change it! It's at least colorable that it infringes, and it could cause a little harm.