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Just the idea of ​​a global online (subscribers) increase :)

MaRlboRo78rusMaRlboRo78rus Posts: 24
edited March 2018 in General Discussions
Maybe I'm not very familiar with US law, but as a lawyer my thought is next:
All of us know how many UO "freeshards" are working all over the world.
Do not they infringe EA and Broadsword's copyrights?
In addition, the most popular of them are in the US.
Is this really legal? Did they buy the franchise for the author's materials UO?
Or someone just need to contact the supervisory authorities or
action in court and thousands of players will have the choice only of the official UO? ;)

Comments

  • BilboBilbo Posts: 2,834
    As a "LAWYER" you already know the answer.
  • MaRlboRo78rusMaRlboRo78rus Posts: 24
    I'm a lawyer at Russia )) And  copyrights is not my direction, I just know common principes in this.
  • IvenorIvenor Posts: 1,216
    Dear mr. "lawyer",
    1) we need a patent troll in UO as much as we need a second a*****le;
    2) speaking of freeshards in this forum is forbidden by the forum TOS, so... @Mariah
  • PapaSmurfPapaSmurf Posts: 112
    I never got my head around how there can be free shards of Ultima Online without breaching copyright  :|

  • MariahMariah Posts: 3,239Moderator
    No, they're not legal, the only ones who can answer your question is Electronic Arts, take it up with them, it's not a topic for here.
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