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How about a map from the fallout series or just fallout 3. I think it would be an interesting map.
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Probably doesn't need to be said but Fallout is a trademarked/copyrighted intellectual property and would result in legal issues for the CC team.

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dolomite13 wrote:would result in legal issues for the CC team.
I'm kind a bit annoyed how it seems that you believe can tell the future.

It is copyrighted and all you have to do is contact the Fallout team and ask for permission.
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Actually you would need to contact Bethesda Softworks or possibly their parent company ZeniMax Media Inc to get permission. Being in the game industry I know that companies that have a valuable IP like Fallout would ask for some sort of compensation as well as some sort of quality control and one or more members of a legal team would be involved with contract negotiations. So I may not be able to tell the future but I have the background and the knowledge to predict the likely outcome, especially if you do not seek permission.
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dolomite13 wrote:Actually you would need to contact Bethesda Softworks or possibly their parent company ZeniMax Media Inc to get permission. Being in the game industry I know that companies that have a valuable IP like Fallout would ask for some sort of compensation as well as some sort of quality control and one or more members of a legal team would be involved with contract negotiations. So I may not be able to tell the future but I have the background and the knowledge to predict the likely outcome, especially if you do not seek permission.
How did we get a tamriel map then. Isn't that a Bethesda creation? from the elder scrolls series???
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andy_is_awesome wrote:
dolomite13 wrote:Actually you would need to contact Bethesda Softworks or possibly their parent company ZeniMax Media Inc to get permission. Being in the game industry I know that companies that have a valuable IP like Fallout would ask for some sort of compensation as well as some sort of quality control and one or more members of a legal team would be involved with contract negotiations. So I may not be able to tell the future but I have the background and the knowledge to predict the likely outcome, especially if you do not seek permission.
How did we get a tamriel map then. Isn't that a Bethesda creation? from the elder scrolls series???
My thoughts exactly.
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Jace22 wrote:How about a map from the fallout series or just fallout 3. I think it would be an interesting map.

Hey a map of Washington DC... sounds. funny..
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andy_is_awesome wrote:How did we get a tamriel map then. Isn't that a Bethesda creation? from the elder scrolls series???
Who knows... A quick search of the trademark database doesn't turn up Tamriel however Oblivion shows up as registered to ZeniMax Media Inc. It is possible that Bethesda/ZeniMax treat the world of Tamriel as open source content. There are some statements on wikis that Bethesda abandoned the Oblivion trademark but I can't find a press release stating that for certain. A quick check of Fallout shows an active trademark (http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=d ... elfec.5.10).

However if you can get permission for Fallout I think it would make for a cool concept. I am not saying don't go for it I am saying please proceed with caution =)

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