VtM Bloodlines: Project Vaulderie erhält Cease & Desist Mitteilung von CCP

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Eigentlich wollte Project Vaulderie lediglich Bloodlines am Leben halten und basierend auf der Grund Engine neue Inhalte schaffen. Von Fans, für Fans. Nun kam der C&D von CCP:

Fellow Kine and Kindreds,

As of now, you may be wondering why we haven't been sharing any updates on the behalf of the project as of late. We are aware that all of you wait patiently for our news as always.

We're very sad to report that we received a Cease & Desist e-mail from CCP Games, asking us to cease game development, remove any materials that might contain Vampire The Masquerade: Bloodlines, names, locations or related elements from the sites we control, and cease any further use of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines property, and in a disappointment shared among our team we are complying with that request.

Over the course, you have fought with us and been patient. You have trusted us when we were silent and listened when we spoke. Many of you have done what you could to help us. And for that we would like to thank you. You're a wonderful group of fans and have been very supportive. It goes without saying that your interest was far greater than our team would have even anticipated.
We have been deeply honored by the support we have received from you all and we believe that the best relationship we can have with you is that of honesty and transparency. We've received a lot of symphaties from former developers on Bloodlines and former White Wolf employees along the way. Our contact told us that the copyrights were with Activision, Inc., so we pursued there instead, with a pitch being prepared for the company to discuss what we were going to do with the property. This contact we knew from CCP has since left the company.
We made it quite clear that this is a fan re-imagining of the game. We simply want to do this to keep the game, the story, and the world it lives in, alive and re-imagined for a new generation. Both the game and the idea behind the project was made sorely with out of passion.

Since support of the game dropped long ago, ever since the fall of Troika Games, Inc., and it’s almost impossible to play without patches or bug fixes, sponsored by the community, and there is so much left that could be finished that hasn’t been touched. We want to see this game thrive, in a time and industry where games with deep lore and storylines like Bloodlines simply are hard to come by. Project: Vaulderie would help revive interest in a game that was forgotten with time, and I believe all parties could have benefit from its creation.

We are avidly seeking a resolute course to continue working on a future game, but we cannot at this time discuss this publicly and with that I urge you to please be patient and hopeful that we will find a way.

I hope you understand, and as always we appreciate your support (in the long future).

For the Vaulderie Team
Arthur - Project Vaulderie lead

Die Homepage des Projekt:
http://www.projectvaulderie.com/
 
Eigentlich schlecht. Weil sie schieben einen Riegel davor das Fans (kostenlos) einen größeren Mod für Bloodlines schreiben :/
 
And this, boys and girls, is why you never merge your business with complete asshats.

Ich hab doch nach dem Tod des Vampire-MMO irgendwo einen Bericht gelesen, der CCP als inkompetente Idiotentruppe dargestellt hat. Damals hab ich das für enttäuschtes Flennen gehalten. Aber das Bild verdichtet sich langsam. :/
 
Eine Erweiterung welche auf der Technik, der Grundlage des Ursprungsspiel aufsetzt.
Hierbei kann es sich z.B. um neue Missionen handeln.
Teilweise gab es auch Clans die implementiert waren, aber über Mods freigeschaltet und spielbar wurden.

Als umfangreicherer Schritt kann man hingehen, nur noch die Grundlagen nutzen und quasi ein neues Spiel schreiben.
Beispielsweise war Counter Strike Anfangs kein richtiges Spiel sondern "nur" ein Mod von Half-Life.

Anders gesagt:
CCP hat verhindert das Fans ein kostenloses VtM Spiel für andere Fans auf Basis von Bloodlines machen.
 
Ein Auszug aus der C&D Mitteilung von CCP:
An exempt from the cease and desist letter sent by CCP.

Dear Project Vaulderie:

We are writing to you on behalf of CCP hf. (“CCP ”), a company incorporated in Iceland and the exclusive trademark and copyrights holder for Vampire: The Masquerade (USPTO registration no. 3495901; USCO registration no. TX0005782175, et. seq., for the same line of books).

Recently, it has come to our attention through your website, http://www.projectvaulderie.com/, that you are planning a modification or “re-imagination” of the Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines game, first published a number of years ago by Activision, Inc., under license from White Wolf, Inc. (now known as CCP). While Activision retains certain rights to the game it created, CCP continues to own all other rights associated with Vampire: The Masquerade, including the copyrights and trademarks noted above.

It appears that Project Vaulderie is now engaging in the unauthorized creation, use, and sale of products bearing the name of CCP’s registered intellectual property, Vampire: The Masquerade, without any license, authorization or permission of CCP.

You do not have permission to use CCP’s trademarks, copyrights, or other intellectual property as the basis for your products and services, nor do you have permission to make or distribute any copy or derivative work, including electronic copies, of CCP’s intellectual property. As a result, we believe you are infringing CCP’s intellectual property rights.
We ask that you immediately cease and desist from the use of CCP’s name and other trademarks on http://www.projectvaulderie.com/. Specifically, please remove all references to Vampire: The Masquerade and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines from your website, software, and related materials.

In addition, remove all artwork from the original Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines game from your website and software modifications, and discontinue any future use of such artwork. If we do not receive an immediate affirmative response from you indicating that you have fully complied with these requirements, we may be forced to take further legal action against you, including but not limited to a DMCA notice to your Internet Service Provider.

Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation.

Sincerely,
CCP Legal
 
Scheint ja Mode zu werden mit den Unterlassungserklärungen. Da wissen ja Leute echt, wie Fandom funktioniert...

Ist ja ein altes Spiel, über das wir hier reden und nicht irgendeine Trademarkverletzung die direkten Schaden mit sich bringt.
 
Einerseits ist es ein altes Spiel zu dem bereits jede Menge Mods bestehen.
Unteranderem unter Mitarbeit des Original-Entwicklerteam erstellt.
Andererseits war es ein vollständig nicht kommerzielles Projekt.
Letztlich wird CCP wohl eh nichts mehr mit der Computer Spiele Lizenz machen.

Alles sehr bedauerlich :/
 
wichtiger wäre ein richtiger Ansehensschaden in den USA

Bloodline finden viele Leute klasse und gerade mit den Erweiterungen ist es richtig lustig
 
Soweit ich das sehe berichtet so gut wie jedes größere Online-Spiele Magazine darüber.
IGN, Kotaku, Rock Paper Shotgun, Polygon und viele, viele andere. Ich denke damit hat sich CCP keinen Gefallen getan.
 
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