Games played:AC1-Darktide'99-2000-AC2-Darktide/dawnsong2003-2005,Lineage2-2005-2006 and now Darkfall-2009..... In between WoW few months AoC few months and some f2p also all very short few weeks.
Yeah I agree Games Workshop should really sue those guys!
That was almost clever.
Thanks, I would rate it about the same. I am not very good at comedy, and it was the best that I could do without slipping into a thorough lecture about all the obvious things that come to mind.
has anyone considered that they are fully aware that they are ripping off the warcraft theme? It really is quiet obvious that this is ripped straight off..
Perhaps they were looking for Blizzard to endorse this or maybe even sponsor them... who knows. These guys are either very very clever.. or very very... not, depending on if they had any contact with blizzard BEFORE making the game.
"World of Lordcraft (Age of Warcraft) is a Chinese browser game inspired by World of Warcraft, while the game is a strategy online game like War of Legends, Lords Online and more. The game was released in China in 2009, shortly, it scored a big success despite the stereotyped strategy system. In 2010, the game will be launched and available for North American and European players.
The world is consisted of 11 areas. You can choose 1 of 10 areas to start(Blasted Lands can not be selected).
Twilight Forest
Moonglade
Coldridge Mountains
The Barrens
Stranglethorn Vale
Boundless Prairie
Swamp of Sorrows"
/unquote.
Now everyone knows why WOW in China is forbidden/hampered in deployment for more than a year now...
Grtz Google for growing some balls against this regime.
Want a real mmorpg? Play WOW with experience turned off mode and be Pve_Pvp King at any level without a rat race.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other. We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
Yeah I have to agree. I've never seen such a blatant rip-off. They don't even bother to rename things, and the stuff on their site is directly ripped from WoW. They've got no leg to stand on if they were sued, and you don't need to be a lawyer to see that....
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." George Bernard Shaw
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Oscar Wilde
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
The point is it is hard to win an infrigement case just from look and feel or whatever models. The MS Windoes case pretty much defined source codes are the property of a software, not what models, how it looks and feels, point and click or whatever. Otherwise you need to have specific trademarks and copyrights on specific items.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
The point is it is hard to win an infrigement case just from look and feel or whatever models. The MS Windoes case pretty much defined source codes are the property of a software, not what models, how it looks and feels, point and click or whatever. Otherwise you need to have specific trademarks and copyrights on specific items.
Look, okay, I'll make it easier for you. They've ripped the models, straight from their game engine (there are tools to do that) and pasted them into their little flash animations. Outright. They don't "look" or "feel", they're just straight IG models from another game. And I'm pretty sure Blizzard has a copyright for that.
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
The point is it is hard to win an infrigement case just from look and feel or whatever models. The MS Windoes case pretty much defined source codes are the property of a software, not what models, how it looks and feels, point and click or whatever. Otherwise you need to have specific trademarks and copyrights on specific items.
Look, okay, I'll make it easier for you. They've ripped the models, straight from their game engine (there are tools to do that) and pasted them into their little flash animations. Outright. They don't "look" or "feel", they're just straight IG models from another game. And I'm pretty sure Blizzard has a copyright for that.
You may think so and Blizzard may have already known. In case they don't maybe you can send them a email. I am interested to find out what laws on software copyright are like now.
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lol the factions and race pictures are the exact same lol
-Act
Most Funny, guess it won't last long but who knows!
Its funny how you WoW boys are so upset haha.
Games played:AC1-Darktide'99-2000-AC2-Darktide/dawnsong2003-2005,Lineage2-2005-2006 and now Darkfall-2009.....
In between WoW few months AoC few months and some f2p also all very short few weeks.
For once the term wow clone may be applicable.
No way! WoW's not a strategy game! The Warcraft IP has never had anything to do with strategy games!
Haha, I love WoW players. xD
Check out the MUD I'm making!
No way! WoW's not a strategy game! The Warcraft IP has never had anything to do with strategy games!
Haha, I love WoW players. xD
Ive been called a lot of things but anyone who knows me knows im not a fan of WOW.
That was almost clever.
Thanks, I would rate it about the same. I am not very good at comedy, and it was the best that I could do without slipping into a thorough lecture about all the obvious things that come to mind.
Cryptic is trying a Customer Development approach to MMO creation.
What's the problem?
I know a quality product when I see one. I have a genuine Magnabox television and a Soony stereo.
And here's the reason products like this exist. )
Till it doesn't get popular blizz won't sue it would be a waste of money imo.
has anyone considered that they are fully aware that they are ripping off the warcraft theme? It really is quiet obvious that this is ripped straight off..
Perhaps they were looking for Blizzard to endorse this or maybe even sponsor them... who knows. These guys are either very very clever.. or very very... not, depending on if they had any contact with blizzard BEFORE making the game.
To quote: http://www.playbbg.com/gamelist/hot-games/world-of-lordcraft.html
"World of Lordcraft (Age of Warcraft) is a Chinese browser game inspired by World of Warcraft, while the game is a strategy online game like War of Legends, Lords Online and more. The game was released in China in 2009, shortly, it scored a big success despite the stereotyped strategy system. In 2010, the game will be launched and available for North American and European players.
The world is consisted of 11 areas. You can choose 1 of 10 areas to start(Blasted Lands can not be selected).
Twilight Forest
Moonglade
Coldridge Mountains
The Barrens
Stranglethorn Vale
Boundless Prairie
Swamp of Sorrows"
/unquote.
Now everyone knows why WOW in China is forbidden/hampered in deployment for more than a year now...
Grtz Google for growing some balls against this regime.
Want a real mmorpg? Play WOW with experience turned off mode and be Pve_Pvp King at any level without a rat race.
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
Haha too funny. The game even uses graphics of the Warcraft 3/Wow models in game.
Dont know should I laugh more at the game, or the replies on this topic...
So its Chinese?
China doesnt care a damn about IP laws. Blizzard has higher chances of suing Games Workshop and winning
/endthread
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
Yeah I have to agree. I've never seen such a blatant rip-off. They don't even bother to rename things, and the stuff on their site is directly ripped from WoW. They've got no leg to stand on if they were sued, and you don't need to be a lawyer to see that....
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."
George Bernard Shaw
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Oscar Wilde
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
The point is it is hard to win an infrigement case just from look and feel or whatever models. The MS Windoes case pretty much defined source codes are the property of a software, not what models, how it looks and feels, point and click or whatever. Otherwise you need to have specific trademarks and copyrights on specific items.
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
The point is it is hard to win an infrigement case just from look and feel or whatever models. The MS Windoes case pretty much defined source codes are the property of a software, not what models, how it looks and feels, point and click or whatever. Otherwise you need to have specific trademarks and copyrights on specific items.
Look, okay, I'll make it easier for you. They've ripped the models, straight from their game engine (there are tools to do that) and pasted them into their little flash animations. Outright. They don't "look" or "feel", they're just straight IG models from another game. And I'm pretty sure Blizzard has a copyright for that.
I hate WoW because it made my plush hamster kill himself, created twin clones of Hitler, punched Superboy Prime in reality, stared my dog down, spoiled my grandmother, assimilated me into the Borg, then made me into a real boy, just to make me a woman again.
I don't think so.
World of Warcraft can't win in a name infringement case otherwise World of Lovecraft can sue both of them.
Did you look at the website? There are many more reasons Blizzard can sue this game besides just the name...
We have a prior case of Apple vs. Microsoft on MS Windows. Microsoft came out on top. The verdict was the source codes of MS Windows had nothing to do with the intellectual properties of Apple’s File Systems. They just look like each other.
We need to realize one can’t merely sue the others if they have similar graphics or words used in their games unless there are copyright in place. More importantly, words like Alliance and Horde are common words. Nobody can copyright them. I think one can argue names of some places like Moonglade and Stranglethorn are intentionally copied from WoW. I think WoW can sue and may win if they take the case from the direction of INTENTION but that Lord Craft game can always change the names of their zones.
They use screencaps of bloody WCIII in-game. What more do you need?
When an artist draws a big head cartoon beagle everybody thinks it is Snoopy. Get my point?
In RoM they have a beagle dog NPC called Snoop. Have Frogster/Runewalker been sued by Disney?
Look, listen, you do not understand. They do not draw it similarily. They literally use WCIII MODELS. Ripped straight from the game. That's Blizzard PRO-PER-TY!
The point is it is hard to win an infrigement case just from look and feel or whatever models. The MS Windoes case pretty much defined source codes are the property of a software, not what models, how it looks and feels, point and click or whatever. Otherwise you need to have specific trademarks and copyrights on specific items.
Look, okay, I'll make it easier for you. They've ripped the models, straight from their game engine (there are tools to do that) and pasted them into their little flash animations. Outright. They don't "look" or "feel", they're just straight IG models from another game. And I'm pretty sure Blizzard has a copyright for that.
You may think so and Blizzard may have already known. In case they don't maybe you can send them a email. I am interested to find out what laws on software copyright are like now.