Reply To: GW Takes Ghamak To Court!

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I am trying not comment on whether either claim is legitimate at this stage, the reason being that there is a lot of subjectivity around it and I suspect as this unfolds we will see decisions made by the Italian courts that we may not necessarily agree with.  He also hasn’t necessarily shared all of his thoughts yet, he plans further video updates.  I obviously have my personal opinion on his models, that being that many of them are incredibly similar.  However, whether that actually amounts to a breech of the Italian Unfair Competition law I couldn’t possibly predict.  I also have my opinions on how GW have acted and I think not specifying exactly which models they had issues with and also maintaing radio silence is a real dick move.  But just because they haven’t behaved in a way that I personally find acceptable doesn’t necessarily mean they don’t have a case.  So I remain entirely neutral in terms of whether I support one side or the other, however I do fear what GW may do in the wake of this case regardless of the outcome. As you say if they win, it will embolden them to try and unilaterally shut down other digital creators.  But what might they do if they lose to ensure that they don’t lose again in the future?  Will they move into the digital space in order to then protect their IP from digital sellers?