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>legally enforceable poison pill

This seems somewhat unlikely IMO. WotC is a subsidiary of Hasbro, a publicly traded company.

Measures that can be potentially interpreted as restrictive on shareholders' profits seem quite difficult to pass.

In this case, such a measure actually might help insure continued shareholder profits, by preventing a mass exodus of gamers from their ecosystem. In fact, I would say failing to take such measures might present an existential threat to WoTC, due to the trust that has already been lost.

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