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JayHaxor 10-19-2007 19:25

If someone were to steal your maps...
 
The title says it all, what would you do?

TheNewt 10-19-2007 19:30

Re: If someone were to steal you maps...
 
I'd be upset, and get over it. It is a game, you made the map to play and have different game variants.
Watermark your maps...

Edit:
Quote:

If someone were to steal you maps...
heh... I didn't realize there were people who were maps themselves on this forum...

Hey if you are a map, please post so that I may . . . 'steal' you? what?

JayHaxor 10-19-2007 19:42

Re: If someone were to steal you maps...
 
Im very sorry, I'm just angry, and your right.. It is just a game, I meant to say your maps. I contacted steam, I really doubt there going to do anything about it. What ever. :(

EDIT: What do you mean watermark your maps?

P4rD0nM3 10-19-2007 19:48

Re: If someone were to steal you maps...
 
Why did you contact steam? You should have put a picture of yourself in your maps. Like in woohoo_cars.bsp...or I dunno. What map did you make?

JayHaxor 10-19-2007 19:51

Re: If someone were to steal your maps...
 
I am mad stupid... It's to late now... I don't even have the .map files... and plus, if I use that .bsp - .map file converter, people will be kicked out of my server and they will get an error and say like, you already have the map of this name in your counter-strike folder. Plus, about 8k people downloaded the maps already...

EDIT: I don't want to change my map names, 2 of my clan members are already re-making zm_lila_panic and a map of there own name. (zm_city) I'm afraid to put them into my server. If steam doesn't respond, I'll just forget about it.

EDIT: There are 5 maps in my server and they are using all of it. (Server IP: 84.240.8.253:27015)

zm_army
zm_toronto
zm_megahard
zm_prison
zm_crib

EDIT: Gameservers told me that they shut down ONE server with my maps... :) that makes me feel much better.

M249-M4A1 10-19-2007 20:16

Re: If someone were to steal your maps...
 
Watermark, meaning somewhere in the map itself, you make a hidden room with like "Created by blah" and everyone will see it and know it's your work.

Also I could've sworn there was a place where you could register it with copyrights or something, and file a claim if someone uses it without authorization. I forget where....

EDIT 10/30/07: Clarification: Contact Valve about licensing

vvg125 10-19-2007 20:20

Re: If someone were to steal your maps...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by M249-M4A1 (Post 544078)
Also I could've sworn there was a place where you could register it with copyrights or something, and file a claim if someone uses it without authorization. I forget where....

Even if there is... that "claim" isn't gonna get you anywhere.

JayHaxor 10-19-2007 20:20

Re: If someone were to steal your maps...
 
Oh like in de_dust2? That little white room?

M249-M4A1 10-19-2007 20:25

Re: If someone were to steal your maps...
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by JayHaxor (Post 544083)
Oh like in de_dust2? That little white room?

Yes. Another example would be the monkey in de_airstrip.

Roach 10-19-2007 20:56

Re: If someone were to steal your maps...
 
You've gotta prove that its yours...but you could file a DCMA claim.

It's kinda frivolous, and frankly I would be more flattered than pissed that someone was using my maps...but hey, to each his own.

Just add a little hidden room or something in the map that signifies it as your own...problem solved. Nobody can stop anyone from really "stealing" a map. It's as simple as joining a server.


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