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Games Workshop Sues Warhammer Online Fansite

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-anger-your-base-again dept.

chalkyj writes "WarhammerAlliance.com (run for the last five years as one of the leading fansites for the MMORPG Warhammer Online) is being sued by Games Workshop for the use of the 'Warhammer' name, 'cybersquatting' and 'unfair competition.' This lawsuit is yet another in Games Workshop's disturbing pattern of suing their fans and hobbyists, this time going after a legitimate fansite for their MMORPG franchise. The full complaint (PDF) has been posted online."

2 of 182 comments (clear)

  1. Way to kill your business by sourcerror · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can't imagine anything worse for their PR. No amount of advertisement can fix that.

  2. Questionable claims by Adrian+Lopez · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Two points:

    1. It's not cybersquatting when the domain name is used for legitimate purposes.
    2. I don't know about trademark law, but a non-legal, average person interpretation of the term "unfair competition" suggests that you'd have to be competing against the trademark holder rather than expressing support for their product.

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