So, the IT guys reckon the virus was most likely contracted from a download. And the only download I’ve made recently is the pdf from GW. Nice. Most likely unintentional but still typical.
Lucky thing I was at work (sorry work, but you have IT teams), if it nuked my computer at home, I’d have been screwed…
Did you receive it after your stuff appearing on the Beasts of War TV show? Could it be that the additional (global) publicity actually made GW notice you and that’s why you got the letter?
Possibly, yeah. Or they saw on here that I was still going after 2 years and decided I must be absolutely raking in the moneyz (I am not, by the way).
Anyway, Xander says the site seems fine. Shout if anyone has any similar issues.
Edit: just read the posts above, so it seems the site is not infected, which is a relieve. Still very awkward that the PDF was possibly the cause of the virus!
Hope Thommy is wrong for once because being troubled by scammers/hackers would suck pretty big time. (although it would mean GW Legal isn’t on you, tracking down a bunch of online scammers is hard and getting them punished for their crimes is too).
As said above; the whole situation is getting weirder by the minute. Asking for a clarification from GW and a sending them response along the lines of what Xander and JMR suggested seems like the best option to me now. And some legal advice wouldn’t hurt either.
Hooe this works out for you very soon, I’m really sorry for you mate.
If you do reply, you might as well mention casually that you picked up a virus from their attachment, and that as you happened to be checking your e-mails on your work computer, the guys at Sony aren’t too pleased with them…
Hm i think you have had many good advices, but the best one i read was : careful on the first step. A legal action can be totally screwed if the beginnings were badly made.
I mean : no, i don’t think you should answer GW and THEN ask a lawyer. I think whatever you decide, your answer must be written with a lawyer. It will cost a little bit, but not that much, and protect you far better than trying on your own “just to see what happens”.
But i am sure you already know that. I’m out of this discussion, but will surely keep my eyes on it, hoping for the best for you.
Good luck
PS: come on, we all know you are full of money. Look, you are even trying to fight with GW ! Isn’t that a proof ? How disgusting you are !
I really think it sucks that you are in this situation right now Bagg.
Wether you decide to rework the range of models or wether you decide you'll go to court, I'm supporting you!
Like Bolg said, kickstarter could help raise funds quickly, in both situations! I'd happily support either a new or reworked range just as I would support your case.
Borador
Seconded!
I will do as much as I can to help and support you!
Wait, is this actually copyright infringement or IP infringement? Because there are no copyright issues with this at all, their complaints are all IPR-based. If they haven’t even got that right…
Don’t reply yourself mate. Hire a lawyer to return fire it is worth the hundred bucks you might pay (they will just fire back a legal secretary written get bent letter for you).
Hey there all, especially John! Has any one else having trouble accessing the “Titan Wargames” site. Yesterday I got told by Google that I had blocked the site and today its telling me that it has detected MalWare at the Titan Site.
There does still seem to be a problem, yeah. John told me via Facebook that his work computer got infected again and now his IT department have blocked CDO too, which is why he hasn’t been around.
I think the advice at the moment is to just stay away from the Titan Wargames site until this is resolved. I expect if anyone is desperate to place an order in the meantime something can be arranged via some combination of e-mail and PayPal.
Hey Bagg sorry been away from the site for a while so I’ve only just come across this outrage! Rest assured you have my utmost support and backing in whatever way I can. Don’t hesitate to ask!
The more I read this, the more I feel like this a fraudulent letter sent by someone other than GW. There are just too many “little” anomalies, for me to accept as a genuine GW letter.
Has the letter been confirmed? Or is it just presumed that GW has sent it?
Either way it is certainly causing Baggronor a lot of grief, and from this thread, many other members are certainly concerned too.
I know he won’t read this for a while and I shall also contact him via Facebook, but I felt I couldn;t really add anything to the discussion that has been mentioned. Regardless of legal aid in writing the letter (ultimately, a legal aide at this point is 1) overkill and 2) for determining the case - their additions to a response would be negligible at best currently: may add more jargon and specifics in terms, but otherwise fairly moot, I’d have thought), you want to make mentiont hat there is no copywrite breach as you have not taken something of theirs and replicated it for your own profit. Then continue by mentioning that they appear to be discussing intellectual property theft, which is untrue due to the Hittite, Mesopotamian and Babylonian influences to your Dwarfs, which are mired in Norse mythology. any similiarities to their items are coincidental and, to your knowledge not apparent - further clarification in case they don’t understand being that your dwarfs clearly have round noses, as stated, but the picture of their dwarf has a hooked/pointed nose, so there is no similarity. Make similar conjectures about other similarities (if not already covered) and put that there is the additional factor that the images they have supplied are of a 2 dimensional print that they have produced, compared to a 3 dimensional miniature figurine in a different medium. Lastly, the biggest piece of advice is like a car crash - do NOT apologise because it admits to fault on your part.
The point of getting legal aid to write a response is less about what they include in the response, and more about what they do not include in the response.
Imo, responding with the above is not necessary, and if anything ever escalated to court may be used back against you, where it may be detrimental on a point of law you don’t know about. Hence, the best thing being a legal written response that only says what needs to be said. My favourite quote from my Polish father in law who has broken English is: don’t try to jump over your own arse.
I do not post often on this site and have been keeping my counsel somewhat on this thread. I am a litigation lawyer by profession and often find that posting on such threads can be counter-productive but I would say get advice before you do ANYTHING. You also need specialist advice that you will not get from your local high street firm. You might find one who purports to have IP experience but this will most likely mean that they will do the case with the book open on their knees. Find a firm with a proper IP department. I’m afraid this means heavy costs. Unless you are very wealthy you probably cannot afford to litigate this without help. You will likely loose a “battle of deepest pockets” with GW But although Legal Aid is not available for commercial disputes you might find a large/medium city firm who might Pro-bono it - some junior assistant who wants to make a name from a high profile bit of work in his “free time”. Also there is the Bar’s Pro-bon unit; http://www.barprobono.org.uk/ but your problems is going to be attracting sympathy to a minority interest commercial dispute.
I really do support your position and, for my money, there seems to be a spooky similarity between your infantry models and the new FW CD’s. One wonders how they would feel receiving an infringement notice!
I do not post often on this site and have been keeping my counsel somewhat on this thread. I am a litigation lawyer by profession and often find that posting on such threads can be counter-productive but I would say get advice before you do ANYTHING. You also need specialist advice that you will not get from your local high street firm. You might find one who purports to have IP experience but this will most likely mean that they will do the case with the book open on their knees. Find a firm with a proper IP department. I'm afraid this means heavy costs. Unless you are very wealthy you probably cannot afford to litigate this without help. You will likely loose a "battle of deepest pockets" with GW :-( But although Legal Aid is not available for commercial disputes you might find a large/medium city firm who might Pro-bono it - some junior assistant who wants to make a name from a high profile bit of work in his "free time". Also there is the Bar's Pro-bon unit; http://www.barprobono.org.uk/ but your problems is going to be attracting sympathy to a minority interest commercial dispute.
I really do support your position and, for my money, there seems to be a spooky similarity between your infantry models and the new FW CD's. One wonders how they would feel receiving an infringement notice!
But although Legal Aid is not available for commercial disputes you might find a large/medium city firm who might Pro-bono it - some junior assistant who wants to make a name from a high profile bit of work in his “free time”. Also there is the Bar’s Pro-bon unit;