Sunday, July 19, 2009

DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notice from Hasbro

OUTDATED INFORMATION - DMCA RESOLVED

Our beloved friends down at Hasbro sent us a nice message:
Dear SourceForge, Inc.: We are counsel for Hasbro, Inc. (“Hasbro”) the owner of the copyrights and trademarks for the AXIS & ALLIES® board game, including an online version of the game.

1. The copyrighted work is the AXIS & ALLIES® board game,
including all versions and the online game.
b. The infringing material is an unauthorized downloadable version of the AXIS & ALLIES® game called “TripleA” that its developer refers to as “an axis and allies clone.” The TripleA maps, unit types and game rules are exact replicas of the AXIS & ALLIES® game. The infringing material is located at:
c. [personal information removed]
d. We have a good faith belief that the use of the copyrighted materials described above infringes Hasbro’s copyrights and other intellectual property rights, and is not authorized by Hasbro, its agents, or the law.
e. We are authorized to act on Hasbro’s behalf regarding these matters. The information provided in this notification is accurate to the best of my knowledge and is provided under penalty of perjury.

So basically Hasbro thinks we are using some of thier copyrighted material. This is obviously wrong. Get informed and contact Hasbro or anyone else to get this issue heard. The community is now thinking of a new name for TripleA (in attempt to eliminate all affiliation with Axis and Allies).

TripleA is no longer available for download on the Sourceforge site. You need other means of finding it. Luckily LOLORD has posted:

Hasbro Games (main owner of Axis and Allies franchise)

US: 401-721-7277

Avalon Hill, subsidiary of WoTC

(see the Wizards of the Coast info below)

Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast LLC 1600 Lind Ave.
SW, Ste. 400
Renton, WA 98055

Mailing Address: Wizards of the Coast LLC
PO Box 707
Renton, WA 98057

Phone: 425-226-6500

Email: corporateinfo@wizards.com

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Unit Compile 2

I figured anyone making a map would like to have a big list of all the available unit images. This set I compiled contains the old and new TripleA unit sets, plus some user created ones by other people that still look really good.
-185 unit images
-13 colors