Reply To: GW Takes Ghamak To Court!

[jamescutts 7032xp 0]

I’ve been slightly following this story, I will say I haven’t watched Ghamak’s videos on it because I think they will be too one sided to be objective and of any use to understand the situation.

I did check out their mini range, its certainly very GW inspired and influenced, yes different but not really any doubt what they are aiming for. I could very well understand IP infringement especially on a lot of the older designs.

The unfair competition argument on the face of it does seem quite outrageous and doesn’t sit right, however I can somewhat see how it has some slight sense to it (not that i agree with it) though maybe less so in the case of Ghamak and more so a lot of other “creators”.

The was a really interesting interview with two sculptors a while back, i think when the new Imperial Guard came out, both basically make copies that where near enough identical, one did it for the enjoyment of sculpting, the other straight up said to make money. I didnt follow those enough to see if those discussed sculpts where it buy IP infringement issues but I could certainly see how releasing those files that people go buy instead of the real product if say they where then hit with IP infringement would be unfair competition. They are basically taking away sales because those sculptors know IP claims if there are any take a while to progress.

Now im not sure how that exactly fits in specifically with Ghamak as a lot of stuff isnt doing exact(ish) copies, but i can see how on the whole targeting companies with unfair competition may make sense.

I dont agree with it, i dont like the approach, but equally I dont like those sculptors making almost exact copies, yes its mostly GW but what about if/when its a copy of something from a small indy?