best fucking story ever written.

I didn't want you to just look at my link, it's the same signature I use on every post. You are smart.

-Mark
http://www.threevue.com

Haha I love how you posted a reply from a comment from another article. That is a win right there.

As soon as I saw that devastating pun I knew this post must be the work of Ludwig Kietzmann.

I can almost see him grinning while typing it.

lol as soon as you said something about a pun (didnt read the article at first) i had to scroll up to the top and see if it was Ludwig and of course it was lol. he is seriously on a roll lately, i think he is taking performance enhancing drugs or something.....do they have those for journalist?.....

If they do, I'm pretty sure he's having them fed intravenously.

They'll have to beat Bungie first!

...You're kidding, right? =/

mad* not made

I'm curious where the Square Enix draws the line between companies selling professionally crafted mass printed replicas and otaku-designed abominations seen at conventions. Would they sue a fan if they were to sell a homemade Gunblade to a friend? If they're willing to target poorly crafted and clearly unorganized merchandisers, I could see an RIAA-esque theme emerging here.

If Square Enix truly cared about their "intellectual property" and the potential revenue it could generate, then perhaps they would've spent more time working on related merchandise and less time on suing ridiculous imitators.

You have a point but stepping out of character for a moment I'll speak logically.

They probably could care less about small isolated events, especially between fans devoted enough to spend their personally time and money to recreate something for their personal use, including friends, family whatever.

Their problem is the people creating these fantasy unlicensed swords being advertised (and the internet is a powerful advertisement tool, especially in the gaming industry) that could potentially be of poor quality or aren't up to their standards and possibly hurting their image which could lead to financial losses in the long run because it is obviously clear an average consumer doesn't know or even care if a product is official, sanctioned or licensed.

So in the end it is just them protecting their image as a respected developer/publisher and not the petty change they may miss out on from these sword replicas there isn't much of a market for. I'm also sure the know the likelihood of a few bad swords being advertised/sold with their IP attached to it would result in any financial repercussions but they certainly don't want to take any risks, and above all they are asserting their position aggressively in an attempt to show their confidence and keep potentially crummy unlicensed things from being made and sold publicly. It actually seems like a very smart and cautious move for such a big company, but it is great to know even such a big company isn't too arrogant to believe they could be humbled by trivial things such as this.


But they better be cautious, considering Square Enix might as well drop the Square with the dream team leaving to create Mistwalker. The only thing they have left to show for is the great Dragon Quest series and an out-dated template that is growing weary and sore from the violent and frequent milking.

I remember when they still had all the talented individuals working there before they shouted "fuck this" and ran out of the door as soon as the chain was released from their foot when they stated they had to piss. Yep, anyone of value that was at Square (including the composers) have moved along to Mistwalker leaving Square to survive only on the Final Fantasy name and an outdated templete for them to design games around.

Oh they were just figuring out the next piece of low quality merchandise that could go with it.

No, it just has to be licensed, which makes sense for ANY business. It's just trying to be a little more protective of its IPs.

Every company has to make efforts to stop its IPs from being replicated. So stop hating on Square Enix just because they SAID they were "on guard". Jeez. I think this is more of a warning shot anyway.

It's called copyright. It means that when Person A creates an original work, Person B, despite being indubitably very talented, can not create replications or derivative work without the original creator's permission. This is to ensure the original creator has sufficient opportunity to get exclusive profit from their creation before it returns to the public domain to benefit the general populace.

You CAN create your own replicas. You can NOT make money off of it or try to claim it as your own work.

"You CAN create your own replicas. You can NOT make money off of it or try to claim it as your own work."

Uh oh, then I guess commissioners aren't allowed to be paid for their time creating for other cosplayers D: So what, is Squeenix going to sue a big part of their fanbase or are they going to buckle down and produce quality replicas that are 1:1 scale?

Hell, let's just have them screw over all cosplayers since people DO sell costumes online.

Don't give me ideas... ¬_¬

Channel 6 News> "What provoked you to rob the liquor store of over $5,000 in alcohol?"

FOXHOUND, drinking 'Special Reserve> "I'm trying to power level up! Yay for videogames!" -cue FF victory theme-

Jack Thompson> "Jackpot." >:d -cue PRICE IS RIGHT failure theme-

Oh thats good, thats very, very, good.

Also, what gives with them crying about replica's? When square enix start making officially liscenced full sized replica's then i'll sell my soul to get one...until then, i'll have to keep buying these cheap knockoffs because thats all there is.

It'd be spelled "en garde" if you were attempting to insert French terminology.

Yeah, you're right. I was goin for the pun, but I knew that looked wrong.

That's deep.