Warcraft 3 map

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:35 pm

That's the tough thing about copyrighted materials. Maybe look into creative ways of tweaking it, so it bares no resemblance to warcraft 3. But if you can't do that, it just might have to fall into the Foundry Furnace.

--Andy

AndrewLC · Post by **AndrewLC** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 10:34 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:That's the tough thing about copyrighted materials. Maybe look into creative ways of tweaking it, so it bares no resemblance to warcraft 3. But if you can't do that, it just might have to fall into the Foundry Furnace.

--Andy

*revive*
Maybe if I just change all the names?

gavin_sidhu · Post by **gavin_sidhu** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 1:23 am

AndrewLC wrote:
AndyDufresne wrote:That's the tough thing about copyrighted materials. Maybe look into creative ways of tweaking it, so it bares no resemblance to warcraft 3. But if you can't do that, it just might have to fall into the Foundry Furnace.

--Andy

*revive*
Maybe if I just change all the names?

Wow, talk about a delayed responce, if you changed the names Im pretty sure the people who like Warcraft wont want to play.

reverend_kyle · Post by **reverend_kyle** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 2:40 am

DO IT ANYWAYS! protest is key!

Ruben Cassar · Post by **Ruben Cassar** » Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:20 pm

Don't abandon this project. The map looks good and is an interesting idea. Too bad Blizzard didn't give you the go ahead. But perhaps you can change the names a bit like:

Lordaeron = Lorderan

Would that be acceptable? I don't think we would be infringing any laws that way.

AndrewLC · Post by **AndrewLC** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:44 am

I dont know, I'll wait for Andy to decide before I start working on it again.

Skittlesandmnms · Post by **Skittlesandmnms** » Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:19 am

you could call blizzard?

i mean... they wouldnt talk to you, but in court u could say you asked them and they didnt respond

AndrewLC · Post by **AndrewLC** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 12:35 am

Skittlesandmnms wrote:you could call blizzard?

i mean... they wouldnt talk to you, but in court u could say you asked them and they didnt respond

I did ask them, nice try though

Suntzu · Post by **Suntzu** » Thu Dec 28, 2006 12:59 pm

i do play warcraft,,,,i really like it ,,,,,,,full steam ahead man. suntzu

narian · Post by **narian** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:05 am

if no one is making direct profit buy buying or otherwise gaining access to the content then it is perfectly legal, i am working on a WoW map and you should continue this one, may the better map win.

Arcanos · Post by **Arcanos** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 5:33 pm

its illegal. for one cc's premium access would make it like charging for use of the WoW map which would be making money off Blizzard which is illegal. 2nd you aren't allowed to alter their maps i think it said so.... This problem has been run into before with ideas like a star wars map, and discouraged me from starting a wow map a long time ago

narian · Post by **narian** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:42 pm

you are not making a direct profit from that, you are making a profit from the features it unlocks.

and there is a LOTR map

Warcraft3rocks2 · Post by **Warcraft3rocks2** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 6:47 pm

YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES

Arcanos · Post by **Arcanos** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:41 pm

They had a clause allowing duplication to be made, no one has found that clause for the blizzard maps because i don't think they exist. The lord of the rings map comes from the book which is like 50 years old. They had to make sure they weren't breaking copywright laws also. I'm pretty sure that it would infringe copywrite laws in making this map

Qwert · Post by **Qwert** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 8:01 pm

If you dont have permission from owner of these map, then you can not work in these map, i dont understand why people first put map, then ask for permission for hes owners.

Rogue_leader · Post by **Rogue_leader** » Fri Apr 13, 2007 10:51 pm

i think someone should definetly make a map that is similar to that of warcraft but not the same like add in a few extra territories change the name hell add in some island and cut out malestrome

AndrewLC · Post by **AndrewLC** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 6:29 pm

Rogue_leader wrote:i think someone should definetly make a map that is similar to that of warcraft but not the same like add in a few extra territories change the name hell add in some island and cut out malestrome

Thats what I was thinking of doing, but I'm not sure if that would be allowed?

plysprtz · Post by **plysprtz** » Sun Apr 15, 2007 7:01 pm

yea why not just change the name to conquer craft or something interesting