Yeah but didn't he make this game utilizing Blizzard's map maker? I don't know if it was the case for that, but a lot of the times you'll see specific legal disclosure saying that Blizzard would own the content you generate with their map maker.
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Yeah but didn't he make this game utilizing Blizzard's map maker? I don't know if it was the case for that, but a lot of the times you'll see specific legal disclosure saying that Blizzard would own the content you generate with their map maker.
EULA/Terms of Service aren't legally bindingQuote:
Originally Posted by Thief Silver
Yeah, they can say lots.
I'm pretty sure EA claims your immortal soul in the Origin EULA so I'm very interested in this legal action!
That's the thing, IceFrog (the guy that works at Valve) isn't the creator. If anyone can be considered the creator it would be Guinsoo who went on to make League of Legends.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yoshi
Valve has Eul too, who was on DOTA back when Guinsoo was. That muddies the chain of title a bit
Yep. And there were quite a few other people involved in DOTA's creation. In all honestly I think Guinsoo is right in saying that no one should have the rights to the name.
I honestly can't believe that Blizzard isn't trying to sue Valve over the designs in DOTA 2. Sure, Valve made new models for the characters, but some of the character designs are very, very close to the original Warcraft III ones. HoN had the decency to change up the character designs quite a bit. In DOTA 2, you're basically playing as characters from the Warcraft universe.
http://www.dotawallpaper.info/wp-con.../12/invoke.jpg
http://oyster.ignimgs.com/ve3d/image...600_normal.jpg
What do you mean? Nothing alike
Both those character designs are appallingly crap. The only other similarity is in being a blonde elf spellcaster who just can't stop accessorizing his shoulders.
James