G'day everyone,
Anyone know how I can notify SE of an infringement on their IP? Some facebook game is using a badly edited version of the character creation screen to sell their game (like literally they've overlaid some image to the left, edited out Hyur for the class on the screen and that's it, otherwise default character creation screen, race selection mode)
I.P. Infringement question
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07-14-2015, 12:08 PMZebyxusI.P. Infringement question
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07-14-2015, 12:28 PMChihaya
Old news, games like League of Angels directly takes 2.0 and 3.0 trailers and 2.0 development screenshots to use it as their own
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07-14-2015, 12:34 PMKaedan94
Most likely the games are made by people/companies based in China... meaning there's nothing SE can do about it. China doesn't recognize copyright law (or most laws for that matter) in other countries and doesn't extradite offenders or cooperate in any way.
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07-14-2015, 12:55 PMZebyxus
Figures, I wouldn't normally give a crap but just seeing it so blatantly publicised just annoyed me a little too much.
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07-14-2015, 12:57 PMKaedan94You can still report them on the off chance they aren't in China or non-cooperative country. Probably best to do so through Support. They can pass on the information to their managers who can send it up the chain if it's viable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zebyxus
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07-14-2015, 12:57 PMKisaiTenshiIf you see ads for it somewhere (Eg google adsense) you can typically report the ad itself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zebyxus
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07-14-2015, 01:24 PMGrimmelConsidering SE/FFXIV now have a foothold in China; I don't see why the Chinese development team cannot take action.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaedan94
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07-14-2015, 01:29 PMKaedan94I am not familiar with any foothold in China, but that would be irrelevant anyway. There's still nothing that SE could do even if they operate in China. Just operating there doesn't give them any more power than not having operations there. China still doesn't recognize IP law and still wouldn't cooperate or extradite offenders.Quote:
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SE could threaten to pull their business out of China, that's about it. And China wouldn't care. -
07-14-2015, 03:17 PMVesparSE now operates FFXIV in China as well, though their servers are entirely separate from the rest of ours.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaedan94
http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/pr/blog/000821.html
That being said, to the OP, report the offending website to square Enix customer support. They will handle it however they deem necessary. You can use the support ticket here to report a violation: https://support.na.square-enix.com/f...=5382&la=1&p=0
Just fill it out to the best of your knowledge. -
07-14-2015, 03:50 PMLemuria
The funny part is that China does actually have copyright laws, but there's so much hand-waving as to what counts as an infringement that it's no surprise noone ever tries to make a claim.
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07-14-2015, 04:41 PMKaedanThey have them, yes, but they don't acknowledge foreign country copyrights. Only within their own country and "whenever they feel like".Quote:
Originally Posted by Lemuria
Basically, if SE tried to sue a Chinese company for copyright violation, they'd just never hear a reply back, or they'd get a letter saying that their copyright isn't recognized. And since China doesn't extradite or cooperate in legal issues, they couldn't even get a representative from China to visit the court anyway. -
07-14-2015, 04:46 PMNadirah
Games tried this with WarCraft too.
Blizzard put the kabosh on it. They've got the money for high priced lawsuits. The goal usually isn't to win, but cost them so much money they have to shut down. -
07-14-2015, 07:11 PMZebyxusThank you, the same game is also using WoW references, so it's going to be interesting to see how long it remains viable.Quote:
Originally Posted by Vespar