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Post by syaireba on Feb 17, 2013 21:11:18 GMT -5
Call it sheer morbid curiousity, but wouldn't it be kind of bad business to spend money on litigation that served no other purpose than general "GW Evil(TM)"? I'm not emotionally invested in this one way or the other, but surely there must be some justification for this aside from them wanting to "bully" people. I get the impression that GW sends out C&D letters to people who normally couldn't afford to engage GW in a legal battle. Because of that GW can take advantage of their own loose interpretation of infringing since they assume it won't actually end up in court. That's why CH getting pro bono representation has turned into such a big deal. It's the first time one of the little guys has actually been able to stand up to GW. There is the possibility that CH could actually be infringing on something, but at least in this case it will be decided in court instead of being decided because GW said so and their competitor can't afford to challenge them in court. That's basically their approach to everything. A local retailer had an issue with billing with GW that they couldn't get cleared up; every time they called the billing department and left a message, no one returned the call. Then one day the store owner got a VERY nasty letter about sending them along to a collections agency if he didn't call right away (all about the same issue). He did and spoke with the person who sent the letter, who informed him that he wasn't in trouble at all; he sends those out as a matter of course. |
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Post by Great Cthulhu Himself on Feb 19, 2013 10:56:00 GMT -5
Yeah, it was ridiculous how many people were trying to rationalize this as some kind of "GW has to protect their IP! They don't have much choice in the matter!" thing. It was corporate bullying, plain and simple. I'm glad the issue got dropped, but it would be better if GW stopped trying to pull this crap. I know they won't though. Although the Chapterhouse situation seems a bit more complex, I'm rooting for CH in their legal battle with GW. I'm hoping if CH wins, maybe that will make GW think twice about being so cavalier with their intellectual property "defense." Yeah, it's not like the Damnatus movie situation, where some weird quirk of Germany copyright law meant all of GW's IP would go to public domain if they didn't shut it down. This is lawyerbaggery. *goes to read up on the Chapterhouse lawsuit, which I haven't heard of till now*. EDIT: GW tried to copyright 'oversized shoulderpads'? LOLWUT. |
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Post by Whirl on Feb 19, 2013 11:49:45 GMT -5
EDIT: GW tried to copyright 'oversized shoulderpads'? LOLWUT. Don't forget things like claiming arrows, roman numerals, et al. and a designer pointedly claiming that the chevron(I'm sorry, I mean an open ended triangle shape) has never appeared in history as far as he is aware. Seriously, the early testimonies and claims are a very interesting read. |
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