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rynnor

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Thats really very odd - is it perhaps a case of the the right hand not knowing what the left hand is up to?

I dont think the lawsuit has a hope in hell tbh if anyone chooses to fight it but there ya go.
 

Roo Stercogburn

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It will be interesting to see what washes out once spin from either side is shown in any court case.

Worth bearing in mind that onling gaming-wise, GW are beholding to EA, and they are fans of suing people.
 

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A very brief reading of it all - GW are going to get molested and laughed out of court.
 

Roo Stercogburn

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A very brief reading of it all - GW are going to get molested and laughed out of court.

Thats the thing. I started to read it and then thought "hmm, I'm bored of this almost immediately". I don't really care what they do to each other.
 

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To be fair, they should never have picked that name in the first place. Whilst it sucks that they had a good relationship with Mythic/GW at the start, they could've quite easily avoided being a target of Games Workshop by not using a name which includes their trademark.

I would say it's sad to see Games Workshop doing this towards a fan site, although as others have mentioned in that thread - that site hasn't been a fan site for quite a while, it's owned by a company generating revenue. It is idiotic that Games Workshop are doing this to people who promote their brand though.
 

Roo Stercogburn

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Just got 'chatted at'. Seems they sold it to Curse who are effectively making money off GW's intellectual property. That kinda makes it not a fan site any more but a business making cash without being licensed as part of the GW franchise.

Not up for digging to find out it its all true. Bedtime for me, been up since 4:30am. Nightnight FH :D
 

Jeros

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I can think of a certain large company GW could make a fuckload off....
 

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Think the issue here is that there's adverts on the site, and that the site is run by Curse Gaming, a for profit company.

However, since the site is listed as an official fansite on the Warhammer Online site, that should count as consent.
 

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GW have been ripping of other peoples ideas for decades.
It would be funny if Michael Moorcock sued the arse off them for stealing his chaos star symbol and general mythology.
 

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