WoW map

[narian]

I'm working on a WoW (world of warcraft) map, tell me what you think of it so far. I only have the eastern kingdoms done and the map its self is just a guideline for the border, i will get better image later.

the black squares is where the armies will show up.

ps. the key will be placed in later

[narian]

well... any one?

[KEYOGI]

There's a Warcraft 3 map in the making, is there much need for this as well?

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1411&highlight=warcraft

[narian]

This one has a larger fan base and it looks allot better, no offense to AndrewLC.

[Wisse]

i say one word:
copyrights

[Coleman]

I don't like it, it may need to be larger and use less of the origional image. (I am aware you are missing a few areas yet)

I'd recomend redrawing over the entire thing in photoshop using a different layer and then deleting the origional image entirely.

[lVlaniac]

copyrights are the problem in it besides the number of countries

[Coleman]

Parodies are legal, it gives me an idea.

[bedplay]

it looks allot better, no offense to AndrewLC.

It doesn't look a lot better, trust me.

[narian]

if parades are illegal then newgrounds would have been sewed so many times, as i said in the other warcraft post, if no one is making a direct profit from selling or otherwise giving access to the content then it is not illegal.

[AndrewLC]

Hey, if you want to work on this together (a WoW map and a Warcraft 3 map would be exactly the same) I'm willing to do that.

[narian]

sure working together would be fine with me ^.^

[narian]

and this states you can use their content

"What is Blizzard Entertainment's® copyright / trademark policy for the Internet, specifically for fan sites? Can I use Blizzard Entertainment's® images, text or sound on my web page? Is it ok if I use screenshots I take in-game on my web page?

Yes, within certain limits. We asked our legal department to provide some guidelines for you, and here is what they said:

Blizzard Entertainment® hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non- assignable license to use and display, for home, noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any material and/or software that you may download from this site, including, but not limited to, any files, codes, audio or images incorporated in or generated by the software (collectively the "Downloaded Content") provided, however, that you must include or maintain all copyright and other notices contained or associated with such Downloaded Content. You acknowledge and agree that you may not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license or the Downloaded Content and that no title to the Downloaded Content has been or will be transferred to you from Blizzard Entertainment® or anyone else. You also agree that you will not alter, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise modify the Downloaded Content.

Also, we reserve the right to revoke this limited use license at any time, for any reason, and at the sole discretion of Blizzard Entertainment®. You may not use our materials on sites that feature defamatory pornographic, or inflammatory content, including, but not limited to, hacks and cheats for any of our games or any other content that Blizzard Entertainment® find objectionable or unlawful.

Are there any legal notices and disclaimers that I need to have on my site when talking about your products?

Yes. You must include all copyright, trademark and other notices as appropriate.What is Blizzard Entertainment's® copyright / trademark policy for the Internet, specifically for fan sites? Can I use Blizzard Entertainment's® images, text or sound on my web page? Is it ok if I use screenshots I take in-game on my web page?

Yes, within certain limits. We asked our legal department to provide some guidelines for you, and here is what they said:

Blizzard Entertainment® hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non- assignable license to use and display, for home, noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any material and/or software that you may download from this site, including, but not limited to, any files, codes, audio or images incorporated in or generated by the software (collectively the "Downloaded Content") provided, however, that you must include or maintain all copyright and other notices contained or associated with such Downloaded Content. You acknowledge and agree that you may not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license or the Downloaded Content and that no title to the Downloaded Content has been or will be transferred to you from Blizzard Entertainment® or anyone else. You also agree that you will not alter, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise modify the Downloaded Content.

Also, we reserve the right to revoke this limited use license at any time, for any reason, and at the sole discretion of Blizzard Entertainment®. You may not use our materials on sites that feature defamatory pornographic, or inflammatory content, including, but not limited to, hacks and cheats for any of our games or any other content that Blizzard Entertainment® find objectionable or unlawful.

Are there any legal notices and disclaimers that I need to have on my site when talking about your products?

Yes. You must include all copyright, trademark and other notices as appropriate."

[DeCaptain]

if i am not mistaken blizzard has already been asked, and they said no. if your gonna do this map you are going to have to change it slightly (maybe make the names of the territories and continents different).

[narian]

no, they did not reply.

[DeCaptain]

I just got a Email back from Blizzard saying that we couldn't put it on the site

that is directly from the other warcraft map thread

[Qwert]

If you dont have permission from owner of these map, then you can not work in these map, i dont understand why people first put map, then ask for permission for hes owners.

[AndrewLC]

I just got a Email back from Blizzard saying that we couldn't put it on the site

that is directly from the other warcraft map thread

Yeah, but other people were saying to like change the names or something. Like call it "World of not warcraft"

[Coleman]

World of Conquerclub? lol

http://members.cox.net/gyrigo/WoCL256.bmp

I admit I got bored.

[Darthdax]

I don't know how to extract the information because I'm not familiar with the Google Maps API, but at http://ww.MapWOW.com there's a complete "overhead" view of all the terrain. I'd like to see a map use this. (Of course clean up the edges and stuff). What say you?

DarthDax

[narian]

the links broken

[berwatchey]

the liscense says NON COMERCIAL. it means you can't make money off of it. this site has a fee from premium meberships. therefore if you make this map, and give it to the suite, they will be usuing it for comercial purposes. which brings up another point. you can't give liscense of the map to the site so they can use it, because blizzard said basically no to that to.

you can't legally give it to the site, and you can't make money from it. while i'd love to see a warcraft 3/wow map, i don't see how you can do it legally.

granted i'm no lawyer, and i could be wrong.

[vimbatron]

To best honest, they likely wouldn't give a damn. It's their legal department's job to respond the way they do, but there isn't a person at blizzard who would pursue any action and I guaranty you any of them that are risk fans and use this site would probably be thrilled.

Blizzard very much loves to see this kind of creativity from fans and regardless of any legalities, it's free advertising whenever fans make works from and/or based on their games. Naturally they'd prefer to see GOOD works, but any one with half an eye and some common sense would be able to see that if it's good bad prior to it being approved.

The ONLY half way issue is the fact that this site offers "premium membership" for a fee. Frankly, if it's just a donation-and-receive-a-special-account, it wouldn't be a problem. So long as the site doesn't offer exclusive access to said works based on that paid membership, it should be fine, I'd think.

[Coleman]

Well, thanks vim. However, Blizzard already stopped this.. Or at least they told me to stop. Hence why my image linky doesn't work anymore. I think the problem is that lack makes money from this stuff. Or at least, he maintains that illusion. So Blizzard doesn't like people making money off their stuff.

Anyway, my cease and desist wasn't very specific on the why. Just the gist of stopping immediately.