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Games Workshop have always acted like this for years in connection with their miniatures-based wargames... This is very much business as usual for them.

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Article 13

Their customers are people with enough money to spend hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars on toy soldiers. Why they would do anything to anger their customers is beyond me.

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Seconding Malak

This is definitely not a new thing for Games Workshop. Consider last year, when they forced BoardGameGeek.com to remove dozens of fan-made rules sheets, updates, and other non-commercial files.

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Article 11

"Conduct as aforesaid has caused great and irreparable injury to Plaintiff, and unless such conduct is enjoined, it will continue and Plaintiff will continue to suffer great and irreparable injury."...

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Re:

Oh shut up.

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Commercial?

Somehow the concepts of "fansite" and "... run by a company called..." seem at odds. Aren't fansites usually created by individual users? Maybe that's the issue... the potential that some commercial...

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This is about Warhammer Online, not the boardgame.

Curse Gaming (www.curse.com) is largely centered around news, discussions and most importantly addons for various MMO games... including Warhammer Online and World of Warcraft....

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Re: Commercial?

sorta seems like that but at the same time just because someone is making money off of derivative works of your own product why would you get mad? At most they are producing add ons or just a...

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Re: This is about Warhammer Online, not the boardgame.

Correct. Its also interesting that the site has been in existence for at least 2 years (it has been running since the MMO was in beta). While Games Workshop may not have been aware of the site, the...

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They have long since sold their soul.

They have long since sold there soul. I was young, I was 14 or so, they had released their new version of Warhammer fantasy with the new "Bretonnians". I bought in. Support was terrible for the game in...

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Article 4

If GW wants to sue someone over "Conduct as aforesaid has caused great and irreparable injury to Plaintiff, and unless such conduct is enjoined, it will continue and Plaintiff will continue to suffer...

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Article 3

When i saw the headline "Game Maker Sues Fan Site". I knew already that it was Games Workshop.

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Article 2

Maybe this is why there are those rumors about scientology's involvement in gw...

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The Originals

As others have said this is nothing new for Games Workshop. They have actually been suing their fans for decades. I always figured the RIAA, MPAA, and such got the idea from Games Workshop.

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Article 0

While I do think it's silly to sue a fansite, be careful about propping up Curse. This is not a well regarded site and often does a lot of shady things to make money.

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Article 14

Games Workshop have always acted like this for years in connection with their miniatures-based wargames... This is very much business as usual for them.

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Article 13

Their customers are people with enough money to spend hundreds (sometimes thousands) of dollars on toy soldiers. Why they would do anything to anger their customers is beyond me.

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Seconding Malak

This is definitely not a new thing for Games Workshop. Consider last year, when they forced BoardGameGeek.com to remove dozens of fan-made rules sheets, updates, and other non-commercial files.

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Article 11

"Conduct as aforesaid has caused great and irreparable injury to Plaintiff, and unless such conduct is enjoined, it will continue and Plaintiff will continue to suffer great and irreparable injury."...

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Re:

Oh shut up.

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