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Same names in Hub

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Nov 10 2010, 11:58 am

AnthonyHawkina

Hello,

I has an inquiry about the hub and usage of names. I have a game placed on the hub and it been going for almost a year now. Then today I got a number of people reporting to me the game had been stolen as there was two listing for the game under the same name.

More so I wanted to know the policy of this on the site being I never encountered it before? Just wondering is all.

For reference the top link here is for my hub location.

http://www.byond.com/games/AnthonyHawkina/RPUnlimited

And this link it to the reported one.

http://www.byond.com/games/Linton1/RPUnlimited

Thanks for those who reply, just don't know how to respond to the people sending me messages on the pager about this.

Nov 10 2010, 8:36 pm
Schnitzelnagler	It is up to each developer to enforce copyright on their intellectual property and trademarks as that is regulated through jurisdiction. The again, in a case like this with a really ambiguous name, I doubt you'd manage to win a case. You might want to notify the developer of that game though and if that doesn't help, you could raise awareness with BYOND's community.

Nov 11 2010, 10:16 am In response to Schnitzelnagler
Knightoftheblueflame	Thank you, I was wondering more of course of action then anything. I will try to contact the developer then.