[soccdoodcss]

I believe valve has the copyright to every map you host on your server.

[iamjosh]

Icebob2 are you serious haha.
Map shouldn't have needed unblocking, talked to bob about a year ago he was going to release the real version but he had lost the earlier version of the map
I can't believe people still play this map.. wow it was so long ago (if you wondering who I am, i'm under Caesar -keep surfin man or something like that)
But yes that plugin that guy mentioned is the best way to do it. It won't stop some people but most will be stopped from using your map.

[Firippu]

Originally Posted by iamjosh Icebob2 are you serious haha. Map shouldn't have needed unblocking, talked to bob about a year ago he was going to release the real version but he had lost the earlier version of the map I can't believe people still play this map.. wow it was so long ago (if you wondering who I am, i'm under Caesar -keep surfin man or something like that) But yes that plugin that guy mentioned is the best way to do it. It won't stop some people but most will be stopped from using your map.

A bit ago I was running icebob2 on my own server with my own fix, a few days later I got this email, apparently someone still wants it protected.

To whom it may concern,

I have been recently informed that someone is running a copy of Icebob2 on
Condition Zero.

We at XXLPROS.net own the only original copy of the map and copyright. It
has not been released to the public not because we do not want to but
because the map maker Bob Finechemer did not want the map release to the
public.

We know that the map is very unique and fun but we also like to stay true
to Bob's words and keep it within XXL. As he put on his map "Please do not
steal my map".

Please refrain from using this map on your server, as we truly appreciate
this.

I hope you respect the creativity of the map maker, his copyright, and his
originality.


Thanks
Charles
XXL Owner

He asked so nicely, I had to stop serving it.

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anyways
koss_4life, theres no 100% protection for maps, in my opinion you shouldn't even try to protect a map because when someone else fixes and uses it with there own plugin you'll be twice as mad. Good luck though

[OneEyed]

You could just delete all the entities in the map you have on your webserver. That will get downloaded to clients and the one on your CS Server will have the entities that won't get sent to clients.

[atomen]

I've made a map which has a plugin with top 15 and a lot of trigger hurt, walls, pushes in wrong direction, teleports into small boxes. Works pretty awesome.

Just add a lot of obstacles so no one have the energy to create another plugin for it.

[Exolent[jNr]]

Even though I helped koss keep his map secure, I do wonder why you all want to do this.
If I released a map for my server and others wanted it on theirs, I'd feel good about it because they think my map is good enough to use on their server.
I don't see it as stealing, I see it as admiring.

[drumzplaya13]

yeah i helped my friend make a surf map and we protected it by a bunch of invisible walls or func_wall like X said. we also made it so when you went threw a teleport you would die instantly. only people who know how to get rid of them and if they really like the map will take the time to unlock or to unprotect the map. but there isnt really any way besides that to protect it.

[mats]

Just don't do this. when your maps are on a lot of other servers that is great. don't keep them for yourself.

also when someone wants it on his server. he will. its so easy to create a plugin as the icebox fix. also its possible to decompile the map and remove the walls and compile it again under a other name

[iamjosh]

I'm talking to bob fincheimer right now.
He lol'd at your post Firripu
and you remember me dude. I'm caesar (aeolo clan otc clan) I believe you were actually in my clan once.

[P4rD0nM3]

I thought that you actually don't own anything...Valve does literally. There are ways to keep people people from using your map...but if someone really wants to use that map and they find a way of enabling it in their server(s), then you couldn't really stop them right?

In other words, you don't own shit, no one does except Valve.

You could however honor their request as a sign of good faith to the author.