World of Goo 2 Legal Issues Confirmed and Violated
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Hello everybody. Ron Carmel has personally contacted me about World of Goo 2, now. No joke, now!
The email was received by me not two days ago regarding our name, content, and policies. He was being very nice . . . well, you read it.
Here's a copy of the email:
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hi there,
this is ron, from 2d boy. we've gotten a few emails recently from people asking us if we're making world of goo 2, because they searched for it and came across your website (http://worldofgoo2.co.nr/).
we are very much in favor of fan created content, but we need you to follow some basic guidelines. first, please do not call it world of goo 2, wog2, or anything that people can confuse with the game that we created. "world of goo fan mod" for example, would be fine.
second, please remove references to 2d boy from your website. the main page says "brought to you by 2dboy and goofans" and we want to make sure people don't think that this is something we're working on. technically, what you're doing constitutes a copyright violation, but we understand that this was not your intent.
third, i am assuming that your plan is to distribute this mod for free, but just wanted to let you know that trying to profit from a mod based on our game would be illegal.
please follow our requests, and best of luck with your mod! let me know when it's done and we'd be happy to help spread the word.
ron
As you can see, so far we have violated plenty of legal issues. But I would like to let you know we are doing the best we currently can to fix this. Ron is being very nice about all of this and we won't be sued as long as we stick to these guidlines.
Any questions can be posted here, thank you.
Hee, hee, the boy who cried "wolf"...
Anyway, he's talking specifically here about your site, so I'd recommend either changing it or taking it down. We don't want 2DBoy to be bothered too much about that.
And yes, we have changed the name to not be WOG2 or anything of the sort (not certain what we'll call it, but whatever...)
So please just change your site, and we'll be ok.
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@MOM4Evr: Taken care of! Well, sort of. Front page is changed listing a lot of information.
More information to what I said above can be found here: www.worldofgoo2.co.nr
Hey! Did you know there's a wikipedia article that talks about us? The link is in my website.
I've already responded and now awaiting a reply.
Maybe I can make 2 versions of AP...a C1 version that's compatible with the demo, but the C2+ version uses one resource from C2 of the original game...
Sorry, off-topic, but now I'm thinking about this.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Hey, I just edited the Wikipedia page to be a little more explicit. Thanks for the efforts, Enchanter.
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@MOM4Evr: Just saw it. Thanks!
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I don't know if I should be saying this kind of thing, but . . . Ron Carmel is my personal contact now! (ZOMG!) With davidc being in the first ten, I have to be one of the top thirty people 2DBOY met over the internet and actually allow contact.
I asked about his comment, and Ron said he would be interested in helping out with publicity. Possibly creating a post or two about our group on the 2DBOY website! Isn't that cool!?
EDIT: By group, I mean the Goo2Team, of course.
Coolness! Now we might actually have to make some effort working on the project!
By the way, since you really started this whole thing, do you want to help? We miss you on the team...
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@MOM4Evr: Maybe. Depends what we're gonna do . . .
I gave James a nice idea about splitting people into teams . . .
If we do that, I can't make levels, though. I'm horrible at using WooGle. Maybe programming or something else.
Hello Enchanter. Welcome back
To post your message like you did, I guess you weren't aware of recent changes in the project:
- About the legal issues : http://goofans.com/forum/world-of-goo/modding/1586
- About the project name : http://goofans.com/forum/fan-expansion/private-discussion/1628
- Title Brainstorming : http://goofans.com/forum/fan-expansion/private-discussion/1696
- Our Team name : http://goofans.com/forum/fan-expansion/public-discussion/1644
To sum up, we are now part of the 2DFANS team
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this is ron, from 2d boy. we've gotten a few emails recently from people asking us if we're making world of goo 2, because they searched for it and came across your website (http://worldofgoo2.co.nr/).
The project's headquarters are now at goofans.com and not on your website anymore.
Since we won't name the project "world of goo 2", I think you should delete your website or rename it if you want to keep it.
we are very much in favor of fan created content, but we need you to follow some basic guidelines. first, please do not call it world of goo 2, wog2, or anything that people can confuse with the game that we created. "world of goo fan mod" for example, would be fine.
I have always thought that we shouldn't have used world of goo 2, or goo2 or wog2 ..
See the above links about the project name. It's not determined yet. But we already knew what we can use.
second, please remove references to 2d boy from your website. the main page says "brought to you by 2dboy and goofans" and we want to make sure people don't think that this is something we're working on. technically, what you're doing constitutes a copyright violation, but we understand that this was not your intent.
Yep, weve never been affiliated to 2DBoy.
Which teams ? It's not a bad idea but to me, the main problem is
1. motivation
2. having enough free time to work on the project
3. find good concepts of levels
Glad to see you back.
Come chat with us !
http://goofans.com/irc.php
@xanax: I'm not sure about all those ideas. I posted my opinions on two of those, but I can't access the private ones. How do you access those?
You don't
I'm not sure how that works, seeing as accounts don't transfer directly...
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Whoever can already access it, please raise their hand. Also, tell me how, if you can.
*raises his internet hand* All I know is that I has it, but does not know how it works. (I hope DavidC is online to help you with that....)
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Ah well. We are moving to a new site, no? No more use for goofans (for project discussion, but goofans forums are still useful)
Site almost done! I just need a good name. New team name, anyone?
Maybe, "Website of goo?"
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Still abbreviated WoG, though.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
hmm, your right...
Maybe "The Kingdom of goo: home to the gooballs of the world"
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Interesting name for your expansion!
WoG:TKoG:HttGBotW is a bit of a long abbreviation though.
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
I think we have not very much agreed on the name yet, but it can't be World of goo 2, so if you think so, then you give me ideas, buster!
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Well, I don't know the plot yet!
Tell me the plot and I'll write a name!
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
oh that's right: you're not a member.
Well, the group will have to decide on that, cause you seem to have a project of your own, at the moment.
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Yes, but I'm working on an adventure game at the moment.
Anyway, I have several levels that don't fit my storyline, so if you want any ideas...
Another Planet finally has an official release! Download chapters 1 through 3 here! Thank you for waiting so long while I kept starting over.
Enchanter49 is already in the expansion development user group. Which account are you now using?
@davidc
Enchanter49 is now just Enchanter.
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OK I added him to the group and removed Enchanter49.