A very important note on legal fraud

[Venetia]

I'd like to add, I swear I'll eat whoever tries to blurt out names of companies or members here.

 

[Sic Semper Tyranosaurus]

Remember kids: You don't work for Square. We can tell.  :wink:

 

[Clizzz]

Does this also double as a warning to the community, to keep an eye out for fraudulent activity?

 

[Skyla Doragono]

Yes.

 

[Luminier]

*Phew* And I was just about to release my game as a product of Bioware. :\ Darn.

At least I'm sure most people wouldn't be stupid enough to try, and pull stuff like that. The select few that do... Well, they need to get their heads checked.

 

[Venetia]

Well, just keep an eye out for dumbshits. The staff is taking a no-tolerance stance on fraud.

 

[Ellie]

Er... why would this get the forum in trouble? Surely *the company* know what a forum is, and realise the management have not much control over what is posted? (By not-much-control I mean it's the users who decide what they post, the management can deal with it but can't get everything.)

 

[Skyla Doragono]

We'd rather err on the side of caution then end up with a pretty lawsuit.

 

[Venetia]

We didn't have any notices about how .ORG is not liable/cannot be held responsible for user-submitted content.

The worst we could probably expect would be a Cease & Desist order, but nothing will happen if there's no fraud in the first place. It's not fun getting legal reprimands, threatening or not.

 

[Anonymous]

hahahaha this is fucking epic

but yeah guys DON'T DO STUPID THINGS. none of you are friends with bob eggleton, so don't try to fool us into believing you are!

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

Er... why would this get the forum in trouble? Surely *the company* know what a forum is, and realise the management have not much control over what is posted? (By not-much-control I mean it's the users who decide what they post, the management can deal with it but can't get everything.)

If you think we're pulling shit out our asses - I assure you we are not.
The simple truth is - it's a head ache, and one I'm sure TREG and others would really not want to bother with.

The fact is a notice can be sent and lost, and accountability can be held.  Notices to the users can be considered, and if a site is promoting an illegal action legal actions against a site can be held.

We aren't in the cut of "You do this of your own authority", sites that host illegal things for "learning" purposes or where viewing/using requires an agreement that the site is not responsible for any and all things hosted.  It's a far cry to say we'd actually get in trouble - but it's not even as far as a skip away to say it is bothersome and annoying I'm sure.

But the management has a lot of control on what stays posted, but true - very little on what is posted.

 

[e]

I tells you, John D. Carmack II is working on my new game! :shock:

I don't understand why'd someone try to affiliate his game with a major company; that won't make your game any better. If it sucks, it sucks, no matter who worked on it.

 

[Despain]

Also, you guys should all note that for the most part, this won't really affect very many of you at all. It's just a reminder for the very few members that pull stupid stunts like this.

Because there may be a little bit of confusion, no policies are changing. This announcement is reffering to something that we thought would really just be common sense, and there has never been a reason to talk about it before.

So to clarify to some of you who may be confused: Fangames are still allowed. Using company's names in parody or tribute is still allowed. Claiming that a game company is sponsoring your project is not allowed. It will result in an automatic permanent ban, the same as with plagiarism.