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http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/0...M?from=twitter
Looks like the guy charged people to play there and made 3 million in the process. Serves him right then. | ||
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#2
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omg. will this happen to project 99? or is it because he he charged them? Please dont happen to p99,...its better than the current eq
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#3
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yea it's because he charged, if you use something thats copywritten without making money on it your fine, but the minute you start making money from it you have to pay to use it
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#4
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Quote:
Intellectual property such as EverQuest and World of Warcraft emulated servers fall under derivative work clauses in copyright law. You can borrow quite a few things (ideas) from something like EverQuest or WoW lore, but there isn't really a clean cut and dry definition of law on fictional characters, lore, worlds, and names that have clear copyrights in such an environment. This grey area is a real bear to tackle and will get you screwed if anything ever gets as far as a court date. When it comes to infringing on a copyright, the plaintiff just needs to prove that the work in question has been based upon the original copyrighted work. The rulings of note usually stipulate "Translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form which a work may be recast, transformed or adapted." Clearly, Project 1999 falls into this category. Like the actual lawyer that posted on this forum though, I'm not worried. | |||
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#5
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SoE shut down Winter's Roar (came back as Shards of Dalaya) for about a year. That was a long time ago and hasn't happened since.
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Last edited by corradojeff; 08-15-2010 at 02:17 PM..
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Theres a quote somewhere of Rogean(I believe) saying he spoke to Smed at the fanfaire, that SoE knows about p99, and that it's not at risk of being shut down.
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Last edited by Aum; 08-15-2010 at 02:28 PM..
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#9
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Also p99 isn't distributing the source material. We have to obtain a copy of Titanium ourselves.
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#10
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Yeah blizzard has even admitted it wont go after the pirate starcraft servers because they don't charge for anything. They only go after people trying to get rich off others work.
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