Naive legal question - is this API considered copyright infringement? Could they charge for it?
Similarly, are you allowed to create an endpoint for "products for sale at Whole Foods" assuming you collect the data legally?
Similarly, are you allowed to create an endpoint for "products for sale at Whole Foods" assuming you collect the data legally?
I told him that it could be a great project and I would be happy to supervise it, but the first thing he needed to do was to ensure there would be no legal problems. So I told him to write to the WotC legal department. He wrote a nice email saying if it would be OK to do this, taking into account that it was not for profit, he would recognize all copyrights, not use illustrations (just raw data about the cards), etc.
They (politely, but clearly) said no.
Pretty sure that the text/flavour will be under copyright. The names might well be too.
As long as you aren't directly republishing without modification a collection of facts, you aren't violating c.r.
You could still be liable, depending whether your efforts create a negative business affect (torturious interference).
IANAL.