Battlefront Maps sold at ebay

Rends · Post by **Rends** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:15 am

This guy offers "our" 40 custom maps on a CD for about 7 euros + 3 euros shipping.
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 23712&rd=1

Just wonder if that is legal? didn´t he need to ask for permission?
I remember that i was contacted by a german game magazin and they asked for permission if they could put one of my maps on their mag CD.
Well i won´t have plans to stop this guy and it might be usefull for those guys with slow or no internet connections. But 7 euros for a CD-R isn´t that cheap.
So what do you think about it ?

Rends

d3linqu3nt · Post by **d3linqu3nt** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:30 am

If I remember correctly there was some line in the license agreement, that you must not offer the maps for commercial purpose.
But it is a complicated case as the guy selling the maps on ebay most probably hasn´t agreed to the license agreement and commercial purpose is a legal term which I am not sure fits in this case.
So I don´t know,

but I think it is a bit strange, and I think it does not concur with Lucasarts´ copyright.

swbf_lase · Post by **swbf_lase** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:44 am

my guess is that guy did not ask permisson and didnt even know about the legal stuff but if he did know about the legal stuff and there is a line that said that then he cant read our wanted to make money but if it is illeagel we need to use one of these :dsaber: to chop off his head and this :emp: to cook him then you gotta say suppers ready where havein fried crimanil lol!!

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:44 am

WTF?

I also got contacted by a german magazine . Do you think this maybe is them?

also whats this translate to as ... Naboo (mit Riesenschlacht aus Episode 1!) ?

Post by **Qdin** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 9:56 am

I dunno what that means

lol

and I think that they should ask permission before they uses OUR maps (I mean in the big perspective)

and Bandu and Rends: be proud since you guys seems to be famous

if somebody called me - and I havent gaven anyone my phone-number - I'd be surpriced and maybe a little confused

anyways, I think that guy who's selling the maps, should GET A LIFE!!! and I hope noone buys it

which means I feel the same as swbf_lase

(whatever he mans...)

C ya

Rends · Post by **Rends** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:19 am

Lord Bandu,
the german mag put them on their mag CD a long time ago so i don´t think that there is a connection between the mag and the guy.
And i guess he means your Battle of naboo map or majins naboo encounter.I´m not sure .
It says Naboo (with the big battle from Ep1)

Qdin, if you check the ebay article you will see that already 1 guy bought a CD and he has at least 2 articles running offering the CD the same time (every week?)

Ace_Azzameen_5 · Post by **Ace_Azzameen_5** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:22 am

He's got a pic of Trench run. . .I say give him bad reviews with ebay accounts.

Rends · Post by **Rends** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:36 am

well you can give him only a review if you buy something from him.

swbf_lase · Post by **swbf_lase** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 10:47 am

well qdin i mean what i first said but when u get to the smileys i just was a little mad about it so i put those in but basicly the smileys part has no meaning what so ever i just put that in there just to see if anyone would get a good laugh out of it thats what i mean

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:25 am

Oh i was thinkin it may have been my naboo:phantom menace map seein how it looks as tho hes sellin the old maps.

Il be really mad if i find him sellin my new maps when they are released ,as i have made all the models myself.

dorsai3d · Post by **dorsai3d** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:41 am

I'm 99.9% sure that isn't legal, and it sure as hell ain't right. I'd take action if I were you.

Post by **EraOfDesann** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:55 am

Yeah, because overall he's just making money off of your work.

PaNzErgsp · Post by **PaNzErgsp** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 11:58 am

Actually I think that it is legal because filefront is doing it too! He is just helping the people who can't download the mappacks, because they are too big! I am perfectly fine with him using my maps, and if you are going to comlain to him, you have to comlain to filefront!

Rends · Post by **Rends** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:06 pm

Panzer,
i don´t have problems if someone burning maps on a CD-R and send the stuff to guys not able or not willing to dl them.
I think that 5 euros including shipping (wich costs 1.44euros in germany) would be fair. But 7 euros plus 3.5 for shipping sounds very overpriced for me. This guy wants to make money with our works.
But again i won´t take any action against him.

Chamboozer · Post by **Chamboozer** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:20 pm

do we have ANY idea what this guy uses for a screenname? mabye we can contact him and.....if we get his email, send him complaint mail till he stops. j/k but seriously, we need to find him, this isn't right.

Post by **Qdin** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:42 pm

hmm - I think we ALL can learn something about this:
Remember to leave your name/signature somewhere on the map

lol

JabbaLovesLava · Post by **JabbaLovesLava** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 12:57 pm

If we find him i'll make sure to *ill him! :twisted:

Well, mappers, from now on remember to include in your readme's a snetence or something prohibiting anyone to sell your maps. I don't think it's fair that some guy makes money off maps, when you can't sell them under law. Anyways, lets burn him at the stake

Lord-Bandu · Post by **Lord-Bandu** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:36 pm

i didnt realise filefront were selling our maps?

this guy is makin money off our work !! if he was giving them away free i wouldnt give a cr@p but he isnt .

im gonna send the guy an email when i get his address.

Dan2435 · Post by **Dan2435** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 1:49 pm

THAT *BLEEP*HEAD ARGH.. THIS IS ARgH.. me want to choke him.

JabbaLovesLava · Post by **JabbaLovesLava** » Thu Jul 21, 2005 2:25 pm

I don't care about killing method as long as he dies before receiving the payment