Has Blizz actually acted on "Foreign IP mods"?

[stormy]

Subj. Has Blizzard actually ever banned any SC II / Reforged mod for being based on a "foreign IP" (like any anime mod, or any mod based on other game + using assets from that game like music, imagery, names, etc)?

I believe I read that Reforged has the rule that reads roughly like "all mods belong to blizzard, so you can't have foreign ip and assets because they would belong to blizzard, and it may cause blizzard legal heat". But has any action actually been taken based on said rule for any of those games? Not sure if SC2 even has similar rule, but I am actually more interested about SC2. Thank you!

 

[Dr Super Good]

Subj. Has Blizzard actually ever banned any SC II / Reforged mod for being based on a "foreign IP" (like any anime mod, or any mod based on other game + using assets from that game like music, imagery, names, etc)?

I think there have been cases of action taken against StarCraft II custom maps. That said it clearly is very rare as many StarCraft II custom maps use ripped models and have been up for many years without issue. Most action against StarCraft II custom maps was for inappropriate content.

 

[stormy]

Ah, so it's like life in Russia then. You don't usually get prosecuted for stuff you do, but you theoretically can be at any time. Oh well.

 

[Bitterman]

You can even port Warcraft, CoD and all blizzard IP assets into Bethesda games as long is credited and edited to work there.
since its "fanart" or learning.

 

[Razorclaw_X]

The guys you have to watch out for are Games Workshop. They will send sharks with lasers on their heads at you if they catch wind that you're using their IPs, even if it is fanart, in mods.

 

[Evilhog]

There was a card game (can't remember the name) that was removed from the SC2 Arcade because some no-name company complained to Blizzard about that game being a blatant copy of the aforementioned company's game (or something like that). I remember reading about that incident on Sc2mapster several years ago.

Also, for reasons unknown, Templar TV (one of the winners of the custom maps contest held by Blizzard) disappeared from the Arcade.

 

[Bitterman]

The guys you have to watch out for are Games Workshop. They will send sharks with lasers on their heads at you if they catch wind that you're using their IPs, even if it is fanart, in mods.

Now.
their "success" brought them back to 2010, but now they are getting fucked the same way as Blizzard, people finally woke up for the fuckery they did, since TTS is WHY they became relevant again when all 40k and AOS games outside fantasy failed.