Games Workshop has filed a DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google about prominent Warhammer 40K Blogs that published leaked White Dwarf pictures – most notably nafta.blogspost.com (also known as Faeit212) and, it appears, Belloflostsouls.net (?).
Have a read of this:
#1 – Games Workshop’s DMCA to Google
April 22, 2013
Sender Information: Games Workshop Limited Sent by: [Private] Games Workshop Limited GB |
Recipient Information:
[Private]
Google, Inc. [Blogger]
Mountain View, CA, 94043, USA
Sent via: online form: Form
Re: Infringement Notification via Blogger Complaint
Google Form: copyright DMCA Complaint of alleged copyright infringement
1. Complainant’s Information
Name:
Company name: Games Workshop Limited
Full legal name of the copyright holder: Games Workshop Limited
Country of residence: GB
2. Your copyrighted work
Location of copyrighted work (where your authorized work is located):
The copyrighted work is the contents of the
unreleased ‘White Dwarf’ magazine (ISSN: 0265-8712) produced by Games
Workshop Limited and due for release on 27th April 2013.
Description of the copyrighted work:
The magazine content and images are
protected by copyright and Games Workshop Limited does not give permission
for it to be displayed on the Faeit212 Blog. The blog is displaying
photographic copies of the pages of the magazine. The 19 photos of magazine
pages in the body of the blog post infringe.
As copyright owner, Games Workshop also has the rights to first release of
the material to the public. These rights are being infringed by the
Faeit212 blog entry identified, belonging to user ‘Natfka’.
Due to the confidential nature of the work being infringed and its current
status as unreleased, we kindly request you remove this material from your
service as swiftly as possible.
3. Allegedly Infringing Material:
URL of the allegedly infringing material in our search results:
(1.)
http://natfka.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/lots-of-new-pics-for-high-elves.html
Sworn Statements
I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. [checked]
I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. [checked]
Signed on this date of:
Signature
[Private]
#2 – Thoughts
Well, it seems the blogging party of posting White Dwarf scans is quickly coming to an end. The music has stopped and the lights are about to go out.
Though my humble Miniatures Wargaming Blog here is nowhere near as popular as Nafta, you might have noticed that I unpublished my own recent post with the leaked High Elves pictures.
Better save than sorry!
Also, one word of advice to anyone thinking of starting a blog… be the master of your own (digital) castle. Never blog on blogger.com, tumblr.com, wordpress.com or whatever they are called.
If you do, you’ll always be a slave to their whims and conditions.
Get a basic hosting deal from services like Hostgator or Blue Host, install your own software, and rule your own domain! Seriously! It only costs a few dollars a month. If you put in the sweat of writing regular blog posts, that should be worth it for you!
Blogging on my blog wouldn’t save me from Games Workshop’s copyright wrath, should they decide to go after me. But at least they would have to write their letters to me, personally, and wouldn’t be able to pull the plug from afar.
Z.
I am still unsure about BOLS. However, Apocalypse40K also got served [DMCA Complaint]
A YouTube update from Faeit212. I must say, he has some serious Zen. I’d be fuming at the mouth, yet he’s only concerned with not letting his readers down for the Eldar release!