Screwbi!

[Aj]

http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3651075192/m/7951084295

EDIT: the text from that thread for those who are IP banned/censored:

"Project Stealth" has been turned over to the Ubisoft legal team for possible copyright infringement. ANY posting on the subject will be cause for an immediate ban until we are told it is ok by the "legal". The same rule applies to having links in your signature.

The same also applies to posting links to sites where PS is promoted. Posting any of these will be cause for an permanent ban. Any gray areas will be left for the admins/mods to decide on the appropriate action.

[Succubus Dryad Of The Undying Comet]

Cool, now they think that the SvM gameplay can be copyrighted?

[neth]

end of the project ?

[Succubus Dryad Of The Undying Comet]

NO WAI

[Spekkio]

Who wrote that?

I doubt anything will come of this considering that some of the SvM devs were supportive of this project.

[Aj]

Jackie is the one who posted it.

[element54]

Who wrote that?

I doubt anything will come of this considering that some of the SvM devs were supportive of this project.

I doubt the devs have much say in anthing concerning copyright infringment and legal action. I seriously doubt the devs like to release half assed, unfinished games either but we know they are probably forced to release it as-is so they can work on the next money making project.

[B1nArY_001]

This is not Splinter Cell nor will it ever be. Nothing is being, nor has it been copied from Ubi and no copyrights have been infringed upon. We strive to provide a quality gaming experience that is akin only in that it is an objective based versus game but draws inspiration from many quarters not just from games such as the Splinter Cell series.

[AgentX_003]

I really hope they don't because this has been my shrine and i hate to see it close :(. , also I guess posting on the Ubisoft forums is similar to A hacker boasting on IRC how they did this and that, which in then end = Legal action =/.

[goodkebab]

UBI cannot do anything to us...

we can still produce a mod, using our content.

We are just not welcome on their forum.,,,which i treat that as a form of respect.

Thing is, we have to now as a team change the game concept and remove all referance to anything owned by UBI.

By change of concept,  does not mean we remove stealth,  light and shadow,  or spy vs merc.

Hopefully we can discuss with UBI about this.

[Daybreak]

Well depending on how tenatious the legal department is, we may get a cease and desist order. After that we'd have to open up talks with UBI to find out what needs to be changed in order for us to proceed, if at all.

This isn't going to be a game that will be released on it's own. It's solely a mod for UT. I'd be impressed if we actually garnered enough attention that such an order is to be made. Hell, that's news worthy.

[element54]

Yah, that would be the biggest publicity we will have if Ubi, a huge gaming industry corporation, decides to shut down a small community of about 200 people trying to keep a video game genre alive for FREE.

[Succubus Dryad Of The Undying Comet]

Yah, that would be the biggest publicity we will have if Ubi, a huge gaming industry corporation, decides to shut down a small community of about 200 people trying to keep a video game genre alive for FREE.

w00t, that'd be awesome - the gaming world would go like BOOM and ubi would lose lots of money.

[Vega]

Really...there is nothing to be worried about.  Ubisoft doesn't care about some lone mod team.  The Ubisoft moderators just don't like us.  That's it.  Nothing else to it.

[Daybreak]

So because I like looking stuff up and research I found some stuff and by stuff I mean a legal case that protects our idea or rather the idea in general. It can be similar, but different, which is what we are trying to do. May I also suggest editing the thread title it actually annoys me as we are atleast semi-respectable here.

Thank Spekkio for this statement: "That's like saying Capcom copyrighted someone doing a jump kick with Street Fighter 2, so every fighting game since is in violation" as it reminded me of this:

These early industry-defining lawsuits are arguably some of the most interesting, and affect the way we play games today. But even though the bedrock has stopped shifting and the lava has congealed, modern video game suits aren't in short supply.

Nor are they exclusive to the companies that manufacture hardware. Software developers often sue each other in court cases that twist and turn. Japanese developer Data East created a 1993 Super Nintendo game called Fighter's History that bore more than a passing resemblance to Capcom's popular Street Fighter II. Many of the characters' moves mirrored those of Street Fighter's World Warriors, and the background art was certainly inspired. Even the roster of characters in Fighter's History was familiar: There was the chunky Commie wrestler, the smart-ass American, the stoic martial artist who lived for the fight, and the Masked mystery man. Although Capcom lost, the lawsuit was still ironic; it was Data East's 1984 arcade game, The Way of Karate, that first used the side-view fighting perspective that was the very basis for Street Fighter II. Even stranger, Data East had previously sued an American software company, Epyx, for its Commodore 64 game, World Karate Championship. Data East had argued that World Karate Championship looked and played very similar to their own Way of Karate. Data East initially won the lawsuit and had Epyx's game pulled, but Epyx appealed and the US Federal Court reversed the judgment, upholding the right of game developers to create and distribute products that express the same ideas, even if the products are similar.