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Clamp down on fan material

Postby mattjgilbert » Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:48 pm

BDA just linked me to this: http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/28/ga ... decla.html

Sure GW own the IP but really... they'll make more enemies this way...
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Re: Clamp down on fan material

Postby killmaimburn » Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:56 pm

Well to be honest they did tread over the line, its not just fan material..
Its the full scanned rulebooks and floor tiles that they had for multiple games systems.(listed by them as replacment parts)
I visited the site a lot.. there's no killmaimburn without fire.
The fan bits- like the space hulk tribute games, obviously I'm gutted by.. why not just shoot people who write fan-fic.. but boardgame geeks downloads were...iffy.
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Re: Clamp down on fan material

Postby mattjgilbert » Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:59 pm

Yeah but out of date games... GW could have handled it better and allowed the site to officially host material or people who still play the games.

Unless they are planning on re-doing more of the old boardgames of course... now there's a thought.
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Re: Clamp down on fan material

Postby PaddyF » Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:51 pm

Large PLC clamps down out of fear of losing copyrights. News at 11.

I hear that throwing legal threats at your customer base is good publicity. Should ask Metallica about it.
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Re: Clamp down on fan material

Postby chromedog » Thu Dec 10, 2009 11:09 am

They even got BGG to take down stuff they don't even have the rights to anymore - Rogue Trooper boardgame? Rebellion now decide who does what with it (same with Judge Dredd - currently I believe Mongoose have the game rights to that one).

Just as well I archived all of the stuff I wanted a while ago. Lost patrol, space hulk, other games.

There is a future for wargames and it doesn't seem that GW want to be there.
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