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Emil · 01-08-2007, 04:38 AM

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Jan. 08 2007,02:59
Jan. 07 2007,02:29
The difference is that in the Medievia case a licence does exist, and Medieveia is knowingly breaking it, by making money from a Diku/MERC derivate, which is explicitly forbidden in the licence. They also use (and make money from) the Diku team's work without giving credit to the original authors, wich again is breaking the licence as well as plagiarism.

I am not aware that there any 'Dragonball-Z Licence' even exists. I haven't checked whether the original DBZ team allows the use of their IP for fan-fiction, but perhaps someone else could enlighten us there.

What I do know however is that in the case of Starwars, (which is another example that you repeatedly bring up), the Lucas Team actually have publicly declared that they have no problem with their IP being used for fan fiction, as long as no money is made from it. There has even been a link provided in a similar thread on TMC about it some month ago.
There are well over 40 muds listed here and on TMC that are based on the Star Wars theme, and use settings and characters from the movies and books. As long as they all credit the original authors, and don't make any money from their muds, you seem to be just about the only one in the Mud community who has a problem with this (including TMC, TMS and all other sites that list them). What these Muds are doing is basically to provide the Star Wars estate with some free advertisement.

To follow up your Medievia analogy; would you have liked it better if they had called their Mud Star Battles, renamed the characters Lukas Skystalker and Furbacca, removed the credits to the original authors and claimed that they had written the whole story themselves?

In the case of Midkemia the situation is different. You have purchased a licence to develop a commercial Mud from their IP, and consequently nobody else can legally use it. So it is your (and their) right to pursue anybody who does. Nobody is disputing that right.

It is however harder to understand why you keep defending something that the rest of the Mud community see as unethical, and why you keep bringing it up at every given opportunity. What's in it for you?

01-08-2007, 04:38 AM	#10
Emil Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 30	the_logos Jan. 08 2007,02:59 Jan. 07 2007,02:29 The difference is that in the Medievia case a licence does exist, and Medieveia is knowingly breaking it, by making money from a Diku/MERC derivate, which is explicitly forbidden in the licence. They also use (and make money from) the Diku team's work without giving credit to the original authors, wich again is breaking the licence as well as plagiarism. I am not aware that there any 'Dragonball-Z Licence' even exists. I haven't checked whether the original DBZ team allows the use of their IP for fan-fiction, but perhaps someone else could enlighten us there. What I do know however is that in the case of Starwars, (which is another example that you repeatedly bring up), the Lucas Team actually have publicly declared that they have no problem with their IP being used for fan fiction, as long as no money is made from it. There has even been a link provided in a similar thread on TMC about it some month ago. There are well over 40 muds listed here and on TMC that are based on the Star Wars theme, and use settings and characters from the movies and books. As long as they all credit the original authors, and don't make any money from their muds, you seem to be just about the only one in the Mud community who has a problem with this (including TMC, TMS and all other sites that list them). What these Muds are doing is basically to provide the Star Wars estate with some free advertisement. To follow up your Medievia analogy; would you have liked it better if they had called their Mud Star Battles, renamed the characters Lukas Skystalker and Furbacca, removed the credits to the original authors and claimed that they had written the whole story themselves? In the case of Midkemia the situation is different. You have purchased a licence to develop a commercial Mud from their IP, and consequently nobody else can legally use it. So it is your (and their) right to pursue anybody who does. Nobody is disputing that right. It is however harder to understand why you keep defending something that the rest of the Mud community see as unethical, and why you keep bringing it up at every given opportunity. What's in it for you?