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vodean · Post by **vodean** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 5:57 am

this kinda looks like our NY map- oh, wait IT IS our New York Map!

click the picture to see the website.

natty dread · Post by **natty dread** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 6:05 am

Old news. They're shamelessly copying lots of other CC maps too, but whatchagonnado.

ronsizzle · Post by **ronsizzle** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:21 am

that site is 63 dollars a year...

and it sucks.

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:46 am

ronc8649 wrote:that site is 63 dollars a year...

and it sucks.

It does, I agree...AND it's PAINFULLY slow.

natty dread · Post by **natty dread** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:49 am

This is one of their "top quality" maps:

Aren't they embarassed with themselves?

hahaha3hahaha · Post by **hahaha3hahaha** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:50 am

Atleast they allow their players to have a decent sized avatar.

natty dread · Post by **natty dread** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:52 am

"Copyright Infringement Forest"...

obliterationX · Post by **obliterationX** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:00 am

I've got to admit, their homepage, although probably based on ours, is much better than CC's. Not to mention... dice! By the way, here are their ripped versions of Circus Maximus, British Isles, and Waterloo, based on our Doodle Earth map:

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:29 am

ObliterationX, ur my new hero

Army of GOD · Post by **Army of GOD** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:56 am

obliterationX wrote:I've got to admit, their homepage, although probably based on ours, is much better than CC's. Not to mention... dice! By the way, here are their ripped versions of Circus Maximus, British Isles, and Waterloo, based on our Doodle Earth map:

I must admit. This was friggin' hilarious.

ManBungalow · Post by **ManBungalow** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 8:34 am

I understand that GrandStrategy has our Asia map also

Maybe it's time we started copyrighting these images (meaning that they would belong to the site instead of the artist).

Please excuse me, I'm going to register for whatever site uses Doodle Waterloo now.

HighlanderAttack · Post by **HighlanderAttack** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:44 pm

Wow-what a crap site

Tried it-I lasted one turn and I am now deadbeating

a.sub · Post by **a.sub** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:44 pm

that would be unfair to the artist, instead cant they do a joint copyright? mind u im 17 so my knowledge of copyright laws are limited.

72o · Post by **72o** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 12:50 pm

Q: Can I change my username?
A: No. Once your account has been created, your username cannot be changed. If you absolutely must change your username, your only option is to create a new account.

Q: I suspect that someone might be using more than one account. What should I do?
You really don't need to do anything. If someone is in fact cheating, we will identify it during our next log scan. If you'd like, you can report it to our support department, but we won't be able to discuss the details of our findings with you.

Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

obliterationX · Post by **obliterationX** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:10 pm

72o wrote:
Q: Can I change my username?
A: No. Once your account has been created, your username cannot be changed. If you absolutely must change your username, your only option is to create a new account.

Q: I suspect that someone might be using more than one account. What should I do?
You really don't need to do anything. If someone is in fact cheating, we will identify it during our next log scan. If you'd like, you can report it to our support department, but we won't be able to discuss the details of our findings with you.

Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

sully800 · Post by **sully800** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:12 pm

72o wrote:Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?

You probably could. But it would require some significant effort and tenacity. Probably a lot of headaches. A decent amount of time and maybe some money. I don't know if it's worth fighting that battle (at least for individual volunteer cartographers who probably don't have legal consult established).

Woodruff · Post by **Woodruff** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:19 pm

sully800 wrote:
72o wrote:Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?
You probably could. But it would require some significant effort and tenacity. Probably a lot of headaches. A decent amount of time and maybe some money. I don't know if it's worth fighting that battle (at least for individual volunteer cartographers who probably don't have legal consult established).

I wouldn't be surprised though if a nicely-worded (i.e. threatening) letter to the site owners might get them removed. The THREAT or POTENTIAL for legal troubles will many times eliminate a problem.

JoshyBoy · Post by **JoshyBoy** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:26 pm

I joined this website a while ago to see what it was like...

It's an embarassment.

maasman · Post by **maasman** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:02 pm

I joined the site last year, and their scoring system was awesome, an idiot could get to #1 with enough time. 1v1 has no neutrals and the creator always goes first

(this was before I had premium here)

natty dread · Post by **natty dread** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 2:58 pm

Woodruff wrote:
sully800 wrote:
72o wrote:Can't the owners of these maps do something about their outright theft of intellectual property?
You probably could. But it would require some significant effort and tenacity. Probably a lot of headaches. A decent amount of time and maybe some money. I don't know if it's worth fighting that battle (at least for individual volunteer cartographers who probably don't have legal consult established).
I wouldn't be surprised though if a nicely-worded (i.e. threatening) letter to the site owners might get them removed. The THREAT or POTENTIAL for legal troubles will many times eliminate a problem.

Well, AFAIK this was tried by one of our mapmakers (can't remember which, but there was a thread about this same thing in the foundry forums a while back). They practically said "ha ha, you can't do anything to us, watch us rip off your hard work to make some more money out of our crappy copy-cat site".

alex951 · Post by **alex951** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:09 pm

Raid anyone?

Never been on the site, can you make clan there?

porkenbeans · Post by **porkenbeans** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:19 pm

alex951 wrote:Raid anyone?

Never been on the site, can you make clan there?

Sounds interesting. What do you have in mind ?

alex951 · Post by **alex951** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:40 pm

porkenbeans wrote:
alex951 wrote:Raid anyone?

Never been on the site, can you make clan there?
Sounds interesting. What do you have in mind ?

Not sure. Take out the best, bash the site and have a CC avatar or something.

I'm open for suggestion.

jammyjames · Post by **jammyjames** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 3:58 pm

SEND IN THE KOG!!!!

CALLING ALL CURRENT AND EX-CONQUERORS... YOUR TIME HAS COME.

GO RAID THAT PEICE OF DUMP SITE

alex951 · Post by **alex951** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:18 pm

The best way to hurt that site is to take away as many member as possible. Go on that site make a account with the same name you have here at CC. Play a game and advertise.

"Hey do you like risk type game? CC is way better try it out"

That's the goal to try and take away members

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