Sunday, July 15th 2007
Games Workshop Bans fan-made Warhammer movies
Games Workshop, the maker of several famous miniature-based games such as Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, and Lord Of The Rings, has just forbid fans to make movies based on it's games. This comes as very unfortunate news to the makers of Damnatus, who have been working since 2003 to make a spectacular Warhammer 40,000 based film. Games Workshop has revised it's IP policy to show it's new stance on fan-made films. In the case of Damnatus, it is not clear if Games Workshop can get away with stopping the film, considering that the makers of Damnatus already got approval from Games Workshop. This move is surprising, considering that the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises both benefit from such classic user generated content as "Space Balls".
Source:
The Inquirer
8 Comments on Games Workshop Bans fan-made Warhammer movies
Though they're gonna be hit hard.. I think they're trying to prevent people from making money off their ideas (IP), this is going to flatten the community that just fools around and puts em on youtube for laughs.
In short a ban on fan-based movies is a VERY BAD move, I expect the Warhammer fan base to drop sharply after this...
Dont they realise that this will damage its fan base, whereas a fan-made movie would widen it!?!?!
Oh well, maybe this will make some of these nerdy guys that sit around playing with little figurines go get laid instead! Rise up Warhammer geeks, throw those toys away and go pop that cherry :roll: