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Vagenbrae
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:10:00 -
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Just wanted to bring up a concern I had about an iPhone game, called Galaxy Empire, that seems to be using IP from Ogame, Eve Online, Star Trek, and others. Maybe they are paying for it, and maybe not. Just thought I would raise awareness, in case they are not. I was looking for a game to play on iPhone, and I saw one that reminded me of Ogame, from when I played a while back. After getting it, I realized it wasn't like Ogame. It is Ogame. The same gameplay style, a lot of the same artwork, and item descriptions. They also use a bit of artwork from Eve Online.
I took some snapshots of the game, with my iPhone (sorry for the small pictures, as iPhone has limited screen real estate). I posted them on Photobucket at http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/
The Chinese-made game itself is free to play, but they offer micro transactions of "Dark Matter" that can accelerate building and research time, as well as provide additional resources of metal, crystal, and gas.
Anyway, this is just an FYI, in case CCP's legal team wants to get involved. I hate IP pirates. |
adopt
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
387
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:16:00 -
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I saw an Abaddon, Armageddon, Loki, Drake, Raven and Proteus.
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/IMG_0523.png
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/IMG_3583.png
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/IMG_8599.png
And this is the Propulsion on what seems to be an Archon
http://i1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/IMG_8611.png
Shadoo > Always remember to fit Cynosural Field Generator I, have 450 Liquid Ozone in your cargo and convo a friendly Pandemic Legion member if you have a capital or super capital ship tackled.
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Andski
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
3928
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:19:00 -
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a few things i learned from this thread
- you play third-rate games
- adopt is no longer in TEST
- people still use photobucket
"WeGÇÖre a professional Merc Alliance, like PL" ~ snot shot, 2012 |
Bubanni
SniggWaffe
YOUR VOTES DON'T COUNT
277
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:21:00 -
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Personly I have mixed feelings about "IP", I think in many cases it's fine when credit is given, and if the "content" or product isn't just a copy... if the product is inspired by... and thus only have some resemblance, I can deal with it :)... but credit must be given.
In this case... it's not okay |
ChYph3r
Multiplex Gaming
SpaceMonkey's Alliance
55
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:23:00 -
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Andski wrote:a few things i learned from this thread
- you play third-rate games
- adopt is no longer in TEST
- people still use photobucket
Andski you beat me to the post i learned the same things.....its truly amazing
Jita will Burn-á 4/28/12
Angry Monkey Podast Host
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ACE McFACE
Acetech Systems
639
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:24:00 -
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Heh, the Loki is a dreadnought
Real men wear goggles and a Navy shirt! |
Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
1421
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:25:00 -
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Simply taking someones art and "stuff" outright is a certifiable IP infringement per the original idea.
Yes, it gets abused.
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Vagenbrae
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:29:00 -
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It's hard to see, but if you look at the Ion Cannon pic ( http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/?action=view¤t=IMG_4620.png ) you'll also see a hybrid blaster, next to the cannon. |
Markus Reese
Debitum Naturae
ROMANIAN-LEGION
142
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:29:00 -
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Well, not much ccp can do about it. First off, China has a notorious history of ripping off intellectual property, patent infringement, you name it. Second, chinese govt doesn't enforce these. CCP could try, but nothing would come of it. Let them take the pictures is about all that can happen. |
Vagenbrae
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:31:00 -
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They may still be able to get it removed from Apple's online store. |
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Aiwha
101st Space Marine Force
Nulli Secunda
325
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:36:00 -
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Ah, terrible smartphone games, a myriad cesspit of stolen content and IP violation.
Regards,
LCpl. Aiwha-á
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Terranid Meester
Tactical Assault and Recon Unit
15
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:37:00 -
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You should really contact CCP directly. |
Stonkeep
Osmanli Empire
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:38:00 -
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Markus Reese wrote:Well, not much ccp can do about it. First off, China has a notorious history of ripping off intellectual property, patent infringement, you name it. Second, chinese govt doesn't enforce these. CCP could try, but nothing would come of it. Let them take the pictures is about all that can happen.
They can get it removed from the App store pretty easily, no need to do anything thats related to china.
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CCP Sreegs
C C P
C C P Alliance
1278
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Posted - 2012.04.29 00:55:00 -
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Vagenbrae wrote:Just wanted to bring up a concern I had about an iPhone game, called Galaxy Empire, that seems to be using IP from Ogame, Eve Online, Star Trek, and others. Maybe they are paying for it, and maybe not. Just thought I would raise awareness, in case they are not. I was looking for a game to play on iPhone, and I saw one that reminded me of Ogame, from when I played a while back. After getting it, I realized it wasn't like Ogame. It is Ogame. The same gameplay style, a lot of the same artwork, and item descriptions. They also use a bit of artwork from Eve Online. I took some snapshots of the game, with my iPhone (sorry for the small pictures, as iPhone has limited screen real estate). I posted them on Photobucket at http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/The Chinese-made game itself is free to play, but they offer micro transactions of "Dark Matter" that can accelerate building and research time, as well as provide additional resources of metal, crystal, and gas. Anyway, this is just an FYI, in case CCP's legal team wants to get involved. I hate IP pirates.
If you'd reframe this into an EVE Specific gripe with snapshots of our stolen artwork and send it to [email protected] I can assure you it will vanish.
"Sreegs has juuust edged out Soundwave as my favourite dev." - Meita Way 2012 |
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Lapine Davion
Outer Ring Applied Logistics
258
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:02:00 -
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CCP Sreegs wrote:Vagenbrae wrote:Just wanted to bring up a concern I had about an iPhone game, called Galaxy Empire, that seems to be using IP from Ogame, Eve Online, Star Trek, and others. Maybe they are paying for it, and maybe not. Just thought I would raise awareness, in case they are not. I was looking for a game to play on iPhone, and I saw one that reminded me of Ogame, from when I played a while back. After getting it, I realized it wasn't like Ogame. It is Ogame. The same gameplay style, a lot of the same artwork, and item descriptions. They also use a bit of artwork from Eve Online. I took some snapshots of the game, with my iPhone (sorry for the small pictures, as iPhone has limited screen real estate). I posted them on Photobucket at http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/The Chinese-made game itself is free to play, but they offer micro transactions of "Dark Matter" that can accelerate building and research time, as well as provide additional resources of metal, crystal, and gas. Anyway, this is just an FYI, in case CCP's legal team wants to get involved. I hate IP pirates. If you'd reframe this into an EVE Specific gripe with snapshots of our stolen artwork and send it to [email protected] I can assure you it will vanish.
Will you also personally go to the developers house and show them the error of their ways?
Don't worry about posting with your main! -áPost with your brain!
"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." |
FlamesOfHeaven
Sarif Digital Augmentation Research
19
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:04:00 -
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battlestar.tk is another copy and paste of Ogames (similar to what the OP mentioned). Has some Eve Online pictures in them as well. Just mentioning it.
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Vagenbrae
Red Federation
RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:05:00 -
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CCP Sreegs wrote:If you'd reframe this into an EVE Specific gripe with snapshots of our stolen artwork and send it to [email protected] I can assure you it will vanish.
Done |
Bienator II
madmen of the skies
689
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:12:00 -
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Lapine Davion wrote:CCP Sreegs wrote:Vagenbrae wrote:Just wanted to bring up a concern I had about an iPhone game, called Galaxy Empire, that seems to be using IP from Ogame, Eve Online, Star Trek, and others. Maybe they are paying for it, and maybe not. Just thought I would raise awareness, in case they are not. I was looking for a game to play on iPhone, and I saw one that reminded me of Ogame, from when I played a while back. After getting it, I realized it wasn't like Ogame. It is Ogame. The same gameplay style, a lot of the same artwork, and item descriptions. They also use a bit of artwork from Eve Online. I took some snapshots of the game, with my iPhone (sorry for the small pictures, as iPhone has limited screen real estate). I posted them on Photobucket at http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/The Chinese-made game itself is free to play, but they offer micro transactions of "Dark Matter" that can accelerate building and research time, as well as provide additional resources of metal, crystal, and gas. Anyway, this is just an FYI, in case CCP's legal team wants to get involved. I hate IP pirates. If you'd reframe this into an EVE Specific gripe with snapshots of our stolen artwork and send it to [email protected] I can assure you it will vanish. Will you also personally go to the developers house and show them the error of their ways?
orbital bombardment
a eve-style bounty system https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&m=359105
You fail you fail you fail you fail you fail you fail you fail to jump because you are cloaked |
seany1212
eXceed Inc.
No Holes Barred
145
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:18:00 -
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Markus Reese wrote:Well, not much ccp can do about it. First off, China has a notorious history of ripping off intellectual property, patent infringement, you name it. Second, chinese govt doesn't enforce these. CCP could try, but nothing would come of it. Let them take the pictures is about all that can happen.
Pretty much this, good luck trying to issue cease and desist letters to china  All you can do is just negative review it into the ground  |
Stonkeep
Osmanli Empire
6
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:29:00 -
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seany1212 wrote:Markus Reese wrote:Well, not much ccp can do about it. First off, China has a notorious history of ripping off intellectual property, patent infringement, you name it. Second, chinese govt doesn't enforce these. CCP could try, but nothing would come of it. Let them take the pictures is about all that can happen. Pretty much this, good luck trying to issue cease and desist letters to china All you can do is just negative review it into the ground
It has already been explained. They do not need to contact China, They just need to contact Apple, a US based company where copyright infringement is a very serious offense. Apple will remove it from the store and the App will seize to exist. Done and Done. |
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seany1212
eXceed Inc.
No Holes Barred
145
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:32:00 -
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Stonkeep wrote:seany1212 wrote:Markus Reese wrote:Well, not much ccp can do about it. First off, China has a notorious history of ripping off intellectual property, patent infringement, you name it. Second, chinese govt doesn't enforce these. CCP could try, but nothing would come of it. Let them take the pictures is about all that can happen. Pretty much this, good luck trying to issue cease and desist letters to china All you can do is just negative review it into the ground It has already been explained. They do not need to contact China, They just need to contact Apple, a US based company where copyright infringement is a very serious offense. Apple will remove it from the store and the App will seize to exist. Done and Done.
The app wont cease to exist, it just wont exist on the Apple store, they could still sell it anywhere else that doesn't notice it infringes copyright or doesn't care
EDIT: Huh, first page snipe  |
Rascal deJascal
Nova-Tek
9
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Posted - 2012.04.29 01:34:00 -
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Done and done.
Lol and more lol. 
Yay justice. |
Grimpak
Midnight Elites
Echelon Rising
436
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Posted - 2012.04.29 02:24:00 -
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Bienator II wrote:Lapine Davion wrote:CCP Sreegs wrote:Vagenbrae wrote:Just wanted to bring up a concern I had about an iPhone game, called Galaxy Empire, that seems to be using IP from Ogame, Eve Online, Star Trek, and others. Maybe they are paying for it, and maybe not. Just thought I would raise awareness, in case they are not. I was looking for a game to play on iPhone, and I saw one that reminded me of Ogame, from when I played a while back. After getting it, I realized it wasn't like Ogame. It is Ogame. The same gameplay style, a lot of the same artwork, and item descriptions. They also use a bit of artwork from Eve Online. I took some snapshots of the game, with my iPhone (sorry for the small pictures, as iPhone has limited screen real estate). I posted them on Photobucket at http://s1257.photobucket.com/albums/ii512/cosaides/The Chinese-made game itself is free to play, but they offer micro transactions of "Dark Matter" that can accelerate building and research time, as well as provide additional resources of metal, crystal, and gas. Anyway, this is just an FYI, in case CCP's legal team wants to get involved. I hate IP pirates. If you'd reframe this into an EVE Specific gripe with snapshots of our stolen artwork and send it to [email protected] I can assure you it will vanish. Will you also personally go to the developers house and show them the error of their ways? orbital bombardment
Exterminatus
[img]http://eve-files.com/sig/grimpak[/img]
[quote]The more I know about humans, the more I love animals.[/quote]
ain't that right |
Aleksander Erkkinen
Southern Cross Empire
Flying Dangerous
0
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Posted - 2012.04.29 02:45:00 -
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In a thread about IP infringement! I dunno, I found that hilarious.
Anyway, IP is a sticky subject for me too, especially how the US is using it to overreach it's authority (extradition of foriegn citizens, ect), but I do feel it's wrong to steal someone's art and call it your own. Id rather see CCP pressure the developers of the app to remove the offending artwork, rather than get nuked in a BFBVFS. It's not like CCP is under threat of losing rl isk over this. |
Tertharan
1
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Posted - 2012.04.29 03:33:00 -
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seany1212 wrote:Stonkeep wrote:seany1212 wrote:Markus Reese wrote:Well, not much ccp can do about it. First off, China has a notorious history of ripping off intellectual property, patent infringement, you name it. Second, chinese govt doesn't enforce these. CCP could try, but nothing would come of it. Let them take the pictures is about all that can happen. Pretty much this, good luck trying to issue cease and desist letters to china All you can do is just negative review it into the ground It has already been explained. They do not need to contact China, They just need to contact Apple, a US based company where copyright infringement is a very serious offense. Apple will remove it from the store and the App will seize to exist. Done and Done. The app wont cease to exist, it just wont exist on the Apple store, they could still sell it anywhere else that doesn't notice it infringes copyright or doesn't care EDIT: Huh, first page snipe
iPhone apps can only be sold on iTunes except to people with jailbroken phones, who aren't a particularly large market. Removing it from the Apple Store is as effective as killing it entirely. (Of course if there's an Android version that's another matter entirely.) |
adopt
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
388
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Posted - 2012.04.30 15:04:00 -
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ChYph3r wrote:Andski wrote:a few things i learned from this thread
- you play third-rate games
- adopt is no longer in TEST
- people still use photobucket Andski you beat me to the post i learned the same things.....its truly amazing
Don't worry friends, its only temporary, I shall be **** posting and irritating your forums/jabber soon enough.
Shadoo > Always remember to fit Cynosural Field Generator I, have 450 Liquid Ozone in your cargo and convo a friendly Pandemic Legion member if you have a capital or super capital ship tackled.
FREE XOLVE ~ THE HERO TEST NEEDS |
Telegram Sam
The Drones Club
273
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Posted - 2012.04.30 15:19:00 -
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Good call on alerting on this rip-off. It's tough to make a living as an artist or designer (either as an individual or as a company). If you're actually one of the few who get paid to do it, you've probably made plenty of sacrifices along the way to get there. It's crap for somebody to come along and just rip your work off for free, IMO. |
Markus Reese
Debitum Naturae
ROMANIAN-LEGION
142
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Posted - 2012.04.30 15:25:00 -
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Vagenbrae wrote:They may still be able to get it removed from Apple's online store.
True true! I don't have iPhone, well any apple product actually. So don't actually know how the apps work in terms of getting them. If it is on the app store, that would be quite effective then getting it removed if there are not really any other ways to share or purchase it that is mainstream. |
WisdomLikeSilence
BurgerkingTM
94
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Posted - 2012.04.30 16:02:00 -
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seany1212 wrote:Markus Reese wrote:Well, not much ccp can do about it. First off, China has a notorious history of ripping off intellectual property, patent infringement, you name it. Second, chinese govt doesn't enforce these. CCP could try, but nothing would come of it. Let them take the pictures is about all that can happen. Pretty much this, good luck trying to issue cease and desist letters to china All you can do is just negative review it into the ground
if its on the iphone, then apple have the responsibility of removing it, which they will and bloody quick. |
Serene Repose
Perkone
Caldari State
726
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Posted - 2012.04.30 16:21:00 -
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Tattletale.
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