ShardWarrior

Please do and please be sure to include all the facts. Terms like "inhumane" and "hypocritical" are purely subjective. I am sure one of the issues you will be posting is articles about Disney declining grieving parents permission to use their property on their child's headstone. At first glance, yes this seems cruel. Researching all of the facts changes that perspective entirely.

Of course it is the same. There were a couple of times customers walked into a restaurant he had done some work for and saw his name under the photos he had taken. They contacted him and it led to paying work.

I was not even talking about the game. Might want to read my post again. Context is important.

Disney sues when others are trying to profit off of their property without permission and rightfully so. If you have an actual case where Disney sued just to be mean and cruel to someone because they can or brought a case out of boredom for kicks, by all means share it. Disney is a company extremely dedicated to their public image and brand. and I have no objection to them protecting their property. People who keep bringing up the prior lawsuit also keep neglecting to mention that it was settled out of court and by all reports, Marvel really did not have much of a case. The whole issue of whether having close approximations of characters in a videogame like CoH was never tested in the courts back them. The legal analysts who brought up the "crayon" argument I believe had a very compelling argument that still holds true today. This is just my opinion here, perhaps this whole issue of copyright being decided in the courts is something that does need to happen. Not here on Homecoming specifically, but somewhere. Companies like Disney, Marvel, WB, CBS and other copyright holders who throw so much money at lobbyists to get copyrights extended into perpetuity are doing far more damage than good in my opinion. This is stifling creativity and imagination, and that is not a good thing.

So trying to compare a bankrupt company suing out of desperation for cash is not the same thing.

Disney is nowhere near strapped for cash like Marvel was at the time.

To try and milk someone for money because they were on the verge of bankruptcy. This is no longer the case. But whatever, if you want to worry about it, more power to you. I could be wrong, however I believe they meant the photographer community. Sharing prints for time is fairly common in those circles.

None of use live on geologic time scales.

You made quite a lot of assumptions here. You have no idea whether my friend whom I mentioned traded prints for time with. He has done this several times for local businesses, animal shelters, schools and so forth.

Well no, I do not believe it is. Being concerned that a Marvel or DC or Disney would file suit against a company who owns a long defunct IP because someone stole it from them and created a lookalike character is paranoia in my opinion. Chances are far, far, far greater that NCSoft will shut the game down on a whim than anyone filing suit against them because of IP issues. Sure, I suppose it is possible. Getting struck by a stray meteor is possible too. The chances are so remote it is not worth concern in my opinion. If you feel otherwise, that is fine. We can disagree on the seriousness or likelihood of the matter.

They are make believe here too. There is no difference.

And what difference would that be?

I am somewhat familiar with trademark law. As for "bad press", all you need do is read some of the responses in this thread regarding Disney and their impact on copyright law to know they are not viewed so favorably. A few minutes googling of the subject and you will find that yes, there is such a thing as bad press. Disney most of all is nowhere near immune to it. Yes, the game is niche. That pretty much makes the point that it is very, very, very unlikely a Disney would even care about it. Also, "on retainer" does not in any way mean "free of charge". I do not think the game was kept secret for the reason you think it was....

So based on this, I do not see why they would even bother with this server. Just saying. Kind of like homages.

Yes I know. That is not the question I asked though. Disney, Marvel, WB, EA, Blizzard - a whole slew of IP owning companies do not seem to be doing much of anything against sites like Deviantart where artists are charging for commissions of IP based characters. I would near guarantee they know it is going on there.

I suppose it can be said that Marvel and Disney know what is happening here too and have not said anything yet. People were making clones for quite a while here - even participating (and winning) some of the sponsored costume contests - and no one from Marvel or Disney said anything.

I have to ask, why would they want to here? Sure, they have a lot more money now. That does not mean they will just blow it all on frivolous lawsuits that do not really gain them anything and would generate a lot of bad press on their part.

I am not so sure that is the case. Minor nitpick, most all of the examples you are providing here were because someone was trying to make a profit off of Disney property.

Sadly no, not that I remember. I have not played in a year or more though. I doubt it has been added. There are hardly any content updates to it.

As others have suggested, Retsu is generally not needed. I always skip Blinding Powder myself. Never found a use for it personally. I will also add that I completely love this set. I have 4 scrappers (Kat/Nin, KM/Nin, DB/Nin, StrJ/Nin) and love playing all of them. Quite easy to exceed the softcap for defense without spending a small fortune on IOs. Love the overall performance of the set.

See that is interesting. I have a friend who is a photographer and often does "prints for time" jobs. Sole reason he does this is to get his work out and has gotten several paying jobs because of it through word of mouth.

My sentiments as well. I would up vote this suggestion a million times if I could.

Champions Online has grappling. It does look a bit weird when you are outdoors with nothing for it to attach to, but I guess that is to be expected.

A question for the Homecoming folk - I am sure I am not the only builder who would love a larger plot size to work with. I think the maximum object count is fine as is, however a larger plot size would be great. Is this feasible to implement? Also, is it possible to add some different backdrop image options to the list of skies available? Perhaps city skylines or mountain ranges or forests or alien landscapes. Thank you

If you are referring to the case about the parents who wanted the Mickey Mouse headstone for their dead child, Disney did not allow it because it was the express wishes of Walt Disney himself for Disney characters to not be used for anything unhappy like that. It had nothing to do with money.