This year, Games Workshop seems to be more known for suing its fans than creating its wargames, as it has initiated lawsuits against several YouTube influencers who promote Warhammer 40,000 over IP infringement.
I'm all for defending one's own property, but the way GW has been handling this since ages is simply shameful. Fighting their own community for imaginary infringements is so pathetic it beggars belief. That they go out of their way to ruin small creators and their livelihood, who pretty much do 90% of GW's PR, is the lowest of the low. A few centuries back the CEO and main legal counsel would have long been gone after any of the duels they would have faced.
Oh, and trying to trademark generic words should not only be illegal, it should carry a hefty penalty for anyone attempting it. In the same way composing words into sentences can never be covered by any copyright law that would even remotely make sense.
I'm all for defending one's own property, but the way GW has been handling this since ages is simply shameful. Fighting their own community for imaginary infringements is so pathetic it beggars belief. That they go out of their way to ruin small creators and their livelihood, who pretty much do 90% of GW's PR, is the lowest of the low. A few centuries back the CEO and main legal counsel would have long been gone after any of the duels they would have faced.
Oh, and trying to trademark generic words should not only be illegal, it should carry a hefty penalty for anyone attempting it. In the same way composing words into sentences can never be covered by any copyright law that would even remotely make sense.