I had no idea that using personal advise from one person to another would violate any type of copyright laws. Not that I feel like I have broken any. I have looked over the various sites that I pulled the information I used to create my character. Not once did I see anywhere written that anything post in part or whole was protected by any copyright laws. I expected to find as much. Never in my 20 years of working with copyright laws have I heard of any case based off of works posted on an open forum.
Now, speaking of copyrights. I find it funny that would you call me on this. Your own origination uses copyrighted works from various sources. I don't have the time, or will, to point out every infraction that I have noticed, instead I will point out two examples that are located in your downloads page.
LayoV2Music.rar-
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http://forums.layonara.com/local_links.php?action=jump&id=45&catid=9)
Has music used in the video game Planescape: Torment. Last I checked Atatri holds the current copyright for this license (that will include all assets used in it's creation I'm sure). These music files are used and endorsed by your organization.
"This file contains additional Layonara custom music. If you do not download it you will not hear music in some areas. How to install: Download this file and unrar it in your nwn\\music directory."
LayoPortraitsPack.rar
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http://forums.layonara.com/local_links.php?action=jump&id=44&catid=9)
No surprise here; this pack incorporates copyrighted images pulled from various media sources. The ones I noticed right off of the top of my head include Atatri, Electronics Arts, Square-Enix, Namco-Bandi, just to name a few.
As requested; I have removed all so-called copyright issues to my best abilities.
I formally withdraw my submission. I do not wish to play with this hypocrisy.
-Anon
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