Comments on: FUMBBL Finally Tackled

By: MWoody

MWoody — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:51:01 +0000

I’ve been under the (possibly mistaken) impression that it was trademarks that need to be protected to remain valid, not copyright or patents.

By: Sanjassi

Sanjassi — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:13:28 +0000

Hmmm, a quote from their legal page.

“Please bear in mind that we may require you to remove the game or mod from any public forum at any time so that we can comply with any licenses that we may have with computer game publishers/developers. Be aware that we may even have to insist that the mod be destroyed. Please take very careful note of this statement, as we would not want you to feel unfairly treated at a later date.”

There is also a lot of stuff about “Do not use our logos and symbols”. This all seems very clear to me.

By: TinyPirate

TinyPirate — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:12:02 +0000

Games Workshop: Complete bastards to their fans – News at 11! Seriously though, stop playing their shit, folks, they don’t deserve anyone’s support.

By: Anonymousity

Anonymousity — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:34:00 +0000

There are actually a fair amount of leagues that play with models and keep track of rankings on the internet.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:29:33 +0000

Just to clarify: if you actually read the letter, it does say that their trademark is being renewed, and not copyright as everybody seems to be parroting.
Looking through the comments, it’s worrying how blurred the concepts of trademarks and copyright are in peoples minds, although I suppose it doesn’t help that this cease and desist deals with both.

By: Arseholios

Arseholios — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:50:02 +0000

GW is still butthurt over Blizzard stealing their shit?

By: Sunjammer

Sunjammer — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:04:31 +0000

Hate to say it but they’re in their full rights to do this. Personally,i reckon it’s a bit naive to assume they wouldn’t. Fumbbl basically lets people play their game for free. If i had spent x amount of time building a computer game, i’d want to try and ensure that game has any measure of success. Fumbbl basically shows up Cyanide’s outing; we can’t have that now can we.

By: Gabanski83

Gabanski83 — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:59:39 +0000

Aye, play bashy, FUMBBL!

By: DMJ

DMJ — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:04:24 +0000

Well… Everyone knew it was on shaky ground and would last only for as long as GW decided not to notice it.

Go the Alien Assault route, my sons.

By: TotalBiscuit

TotalBiscuit — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:15:04 +0000

Have you ever dealt with Games Workshop before? You’ll be met with a wall of silence, they are literally complete tossers.

By: bill

bill — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:49:12 +0000

“The question that’s on everyone’s lips is “why now?””

Why don’t you ask them? You’re the journalists ;-)

Surely they should come to a deal and integrate this game into the games workshop website, while surrounding it with adds for games workshop and cyanide products?

By: Dante

Dante — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:39:18 +0000

I’m curious about this, because I’ve heard that bandied around in terms of copyright law before, but you’d think licensing the Cyanide game would be proof enough they’re still using the rights.

Anyway, as people have said, the letter is very politely worded, I only hope some sort of accommodation can be reached.