copying

[vodean]

this kinda looks like our NY map- oh, wait IT IS our New York Map!
click the picture to see the website.

[natty dread]

Old news. They're shamelessly copying lots of other CC maps too, but whatchagonnado.

[ronsizzle]

that site is 63 dollars a year...

and it sucks.

[Woodruff]

that site is 63 dollars a year...

and it sucks.

It does, I agree...AND it's PAINFULLY slow.

[natty dread]

This is one of their "top quality" maps:





Aren't they embarassed with themselves?

[hahaha3hahaha]

Atleast they allow their players to have a decent sized avatar.

[natty dread]

"Copyright Infringement Forest"...

[obliterationX]

I've got to admit, their homepage, although probably based on ours, is much better than CC's. Not to mention... dice! By the way, here are their ripped versions of Circus Maximus, British Isles, and Waterloo, based on our Doodle Earth map:

[a.sub]

ObliterationX, ur my new hero

[Army of GOD]

I've got to admit, their homepage, although probably based on ours, is much better than CC's. Not to mention... dice! By the way, here are their ripped versions of Circus Maximus, British Isles, and Waterloo, based on our Doodle Earth map:

I must admit. This was friggin' hilarious.

[ManBungalow]

I understand that GrandStrategy has our Asia map also

Maybe it's time we started copyrighting these images (meaning that they would belong to the site instead of the artist).

Please excuse me, I'm going to register for whatever site uses Doodle Waterloo now.

[HighlanderAttack]

Wow-what a crap site

Tried it-I lasted one turn and I am now deadbeating

[a.sub]

that would be unfair to the artist, instead cant they do a joint copyright? mind u im 17 so my knowledge of copyright laws are limited.

[72o]

Q: Can I change my username?
A: No. Once your account has been created, your username cannot be changed. If you absolutely must change your username, your only option is to create a new account.

Q: I suspect that someone might be using more than one account. What should I do?
You really don't need to do anything. If someone is in fact cheating, we will identify it during our next log scan. If you'd like, you can report it to our support department, but we won't be able to discuss the details of our findings with you.

Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

[obliterationX]

Q: Can I change my username?
A: No. Once your account has been created, your username cannot be changed. If you absolutely must change your username, your only option is to create a new account.

Q: I suspect that someone might be using more than one account. What should I do?
You really don't need to do anything. If someone is in fact cheating, we will identify it during our next log scan. If you'd like, you can report it to our support department, but we won't be able to discuss the details of our findings with you.

Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

[sully800]

Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

You probably could. But it would require some significant effort and tenacity. Probably a lot of headaches. A decent amount of time and maybe some money. I don't know if it's worth fighting that battle (at least for individual volunteer cartographers who probably don't have legal consult established).

[Woodruff]

Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

You probably could. But it would require some significant effort and tenacity. Probably a lot of headaches. A decent amount of time and maybe some money. I don't know if it's worth fighting that battle (at least for individual volunteer cartographers who probably don't have legal consult established).

I wouldn't be surprised though if a nicely-worded (i.e. threatening) letter to the site owners might get them removed. The THREAT or POTENTIAL for legal troubles will many times eliminate a problem.

[JoshyBoy]

I joined this website a while ago to see what it was like...

It's an embarassment.

[maasman]

I joined the site last year, and their scoring system was awesome, an idiot could get to #1 with enough time. 1v1 has no neutrals and the creator always goes first
(this was before I had premium here)

[natty dread]

Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

You probably could. But it would require some significant effort and tenacity. Probably a lot of headaches. A decent amount of time and maybe some money. I don't know if it's worth fighting that battle (at least for individual volunteer cartographers who probably don't have legal consult established).

I wouldn't be surprised though if a nicely-worded (i.e. threatening) letter to the site owners might get them removed. The THREAT or POTENTIAL for legal troubles will many times eliminate a problem.

Well, AFAIK this was tried by one of our mapmakers (can't remember which, but there was a thread about this same thing in the foundry forums a while back). They practically said "ha ha, you can't do anything to us, watch us rip off your hard work to make some more money out of our crappy copy-cat site".

[alex951]

Raid anyone?

Never been on the site, can you make clan there?

[porkenbeans]

Raid anyone?

Never been on the site, can you make clan there?

Sounds interesting. What do you have in mind ?

[alex951]

Raid anyone?

Never been on the site, can you make clan there?

Sounds interesting. What do you have in mind ?

Not sure. Take out the best, bash the site and have a CC avatar or something.

I'm open for suggestion.

[jammyjames]

SEND IN THE KOG!!!!

CALLING ALL CURRENT AND EX-CONQUERORS... YOUR TIME HAS COME.

GO RAID THAT PEICE OF DUMP SITE

[alex951]

The best way to hurt that site is to take away as many member as possible. Go on that site make a account with the same name you have here at CC. Play a game and advertise.

"Hey do you like risk type game? CC is way better try it out"

That's the goal to try and take away members