Garry's Mod HogwartsRP ban by WB [MEGATHREAD]

[¡¡¡¡ magicschoolrp.com]

This is the thread to discuss about why Warner Bros decided to attack Garry's Mod and force Rubbat ( the current main developer of gmod ) to black list every game server running the HogwartsRP game mode. Having "hogwarts" in your servers name , map name, game mode name automatically puts your server IP on a blacklist. Garry's Mod is based on workshop content which is 99% usually copyrighted content. The most popular game mode is Star Wars etc. I would think gmod and WB is located both in the same country: UK This made gmod easily valuable for a legal attack by WB. HogwartsRP was the ONLY oline experience Harry Potter fans could enjoy. Now its over. What are your thoughts ?

A video about the ban:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7pgRoKL1xA

[Skeletor]

Even Garry's Mod's itself is kind of a stolen product. They modified Valve's product and sell it again. Valve allowed this but this does not change the fact. WB has the rights of Harry Potter and no one has to allow this again. They cannot use, sell other people's intellectual property, freely

[DarkXFast]

My thought is that this has nothing to do with Hogwarts Legacy.

[JerBeware]

Originally posted by DarkXFast:

My thought is that this has nothing to do with Hogwarts Legacy.

Tinfoil hat in tow, maybe related a future Hogwart's MMO?

On a separate note, I agree with Skeletor. There's always a risk to using someone else's IP without permission.

Is it a bummer, sure. Do I wish some corporations handled this stuff better than others... yup. Is it within their legal right? Also yes.

[Edgar Castus]

Even if they create a Wizarding World MMO it won't be able to deliver even the half of the experience that Hogwarts RP servers give. Most of the good servers are moderated by tons of people who spends hours each day without getting payed to maintain the RP quality. But luckily you can still play on these servers under not that obvious names.

[Revenant Moon sups.gg]

strategic lawsuit against public participation

[alan.d.waddington]

It's WB's IP, which they paid for. It's perfectly reasonable for them to pursue any one using their IP without a license. Creating a wizarding MMO without infringing anyone else's copyright and trademarks would be fine, but unless it was very good it would be less popular because people want to be Harry Potter, especially while waiting for Hogwarts Legacy. IMO the solution is to build something great in its own right and do some viral marketing.

[OneEye]

Are we supposed to feel bad for the people stealing an IP?

[WuffWabbit]

Shouldn't they be allowed as LONG as they're not selling anything? Are they?

[OneEye]

Originally posted by WuffWabbit:

Shouldn't they be allowed as LONG as they're not selling anything? Are they?

Now if that were the case a C&D wouldn’t have been sent would it.

[¡¡¡¡ magicschoolrp.com]

Originally posted by OneEye:

Are we supposed to feel bad for the people stealing an IP?

What I dont understand tho is that Workshop is based on coprighted content its full with nintendo and disney stuff too, etc speaking about disney, Rubbat himself made the famous lightsaber addon who is a main dev of gmod

[Revenant Moon sups.gg]

they probably had SBS targeted with a shutdown because they wanted to eliminate the competition from gmod.
i actually hope that hogwarts legacy gets targeted by a bot crisis similar to what plagues tf2 servers as of late

[dprog1995]

It reminds me of the days when I watched Callmekevin making Harry Potter RP videos.

[Just Chill]

Reminds me about the HP parody by Coldmirror.
It's german but it's good for people who understand it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9yvsiSqGZw

She used the infamous "I WANT TO PLAY UNREAL TOURNAMENT"-rage kid freakout for Dudley.

I think she had to take off the videos from her channel either as of a copyright strike?!

Luckily they still can be found in the depths of Youtube. ^^

[Wingress]

♥♥♥♥ warner bros, greedy mf is againts you. Maiah Wynne covers for The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes songs got taken down because it "ruins" the fans' experience, the f? They only did that because they're making the movie adaptation, probably scared ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ they can't make something just as good. Her videos are up again due to an agreement, which I doubt wb would be happy if it spread around.

"It's within their legal rights", well yeah it's within your legal right to say crazy ♥♥♥♥♥, flying n-words being Nazis and all, doesn't mean you should. This move screws one people only, and it's the fans.

At least make some good stuffs if you want to pull the Nintendo.

[Aftonstjarna]

Originally posted by Skeletor:

Even Garry's Mod's itself is kind of a stolen product. They modified Valve's product and sell it again. Valve allowed this but this does not change the fact. WB has the rights of Harry Potter and no one has to allow this again. They cannot use, sell other people's intellectual property, freely :papyrus:

Gmod was not "stolen". It was always free before Valve approached them to ask to list it on Steam. Mods aren't stolen content.