Creator of virtual Skyrim map told he is infringing on copyright
The developer of Dragon Shout, a free utility for players of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has been told by ZeniMax that he is infringing copyright.
The Bethesda owner has not yet demanded that the app be removed, but has issued a warning notice highlighting its concerns, TouchArcade reports.
"I did my best to ensure the app was not violating anything," creator ' Blalock' explained. "I looked up US trademarks and copyrights for 'Dragon Shout' and at the time there wasn't any.
“I had the map hand drawn. I intentionally didn't use any graphics or wording that would possibly be owned by Bethesda. So, I'm still not sure what they say the app violates."
Article originally appeared on MCV
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Well if they get taken to court they could utilize crowd funding to pay for their legal fees. I'd make a worthy donation for sure.
I understand protecting an IP but come on! Its free and they are not doing their own version of it. Ok if he was making money off sales have a word its not causing them any damage or harm. All this court stuff is really starting to put me off the industry.
This is absolutely ludicrous! Complete abuse of power and copyright ownership. This poor guy even made the effort to check that he wasn't infringing their IP and has created his own content.
