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I don't think I will be allowed to post the actual Page on Dakka Dakka, If i am then can a Mod please say so.

But I'm doing an ongoing feature on my blog posting pictures from old White Dwarfs, that I have collected over a few months, and have scanned them all so i can read them without having to worry about damage. And then I have board and bagged them ( i think that's the correct term, never was one for comics). Starting from issue 1 and going all the way to issue 143.

But whilst laying in bed reading Issue 5. I stumbled upon the editorial. and the rant about Large corporations and Copywrite laws. Ironic don't ya think.

"nobody will gain from this strict enforcement of copyright laws, but the SF/F hobbyist will definitely lose. Let's hope that such problems can be resolved so that in future the wargames table will welcome the presence of Darth Vader with a light sabre, rather than a lawsuit, in his hands."

This is an extract from the editorial. if you are interested in reading the whole thing you can click on my signature.

Just click the images to make them larger. I can read them fine on my screen but if you are having difficulties let me know and I will write out the whole editorial.

Already been posted. The original article was stupid anyway, gw can hardly continue making and developing miniatures if they're. Having models sold by competitors at a reduced price.

My god, how does any business survive when their competitors charge less??

That implies that GW even makes a model in the first place.

 BryllCream wrote:
Already been posted. The original article was stupid anyway, gw can hardly continue making and developing miniatures if they're. Having models sold by competitors at a reduced price.

Yep, ain't capitalism great?

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
My god, how does any business survive when their competitors charge less??

You mean if they're selling the other company's product for less, which they didn't have to invest any research or development into. Not that chapterhouse is actually doing this, but if GW can't maintain a monopoly on selling say, space marines (as we know them), then 40k is more or less dead.

 BryllCream wrote:

 Howard A Treesong wrote:
My god, how does any business survive when their competitors charge less??

You mean if they're selling the other company's product for less, which they didn't have to invest any research or development into. Not that chapterhouse is actually doing this, but if GW can't maintain a monopoly on selling say, space marines (as we know them), then 40k is more or less dead.

Really, how exactly? last i checked they were not a casting company.

 cerbrus2 wrote:
Ironic don't ya think.

"nobody will gain from this strict enforcement of copyright laws, but the SF/F hobbyist will definitely lose. Let's hope that such problems can be resolved so that in future the wargames table will welcome the presence of Darth Vader with a light sabre, rather than a lawsuit, in his hands."

No, it's not. Irony is when a situation is dramatically different from what is expected, or a contrast between reality and appearance.

What you are talking about is the fact that a very small company, run by pot smoking nerds, changed it's mind about IP rights over the course of decades, not coincidentally around the same time they started to acquire some very valuable IP. That is exactly what you expect to happen. In 1978, GW was making money off of other people's IP. Now, others are leeching off them. The circle of life.

It's mildly amusing, but I think we all understand that maturity brings change.

It is, perhaps, dramatic irony...

dramatic irony
noun
irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

There was a different crew running the show back then, as well.

Not so much changed their minds as got the old shaft and a new broom came in and rammed it to everyone else.

the new model fascist corporate d bag GW is not that company that wrote that article.


The old WD's reflect the liberal amount of loose interpretations of the times.

 Polonius wrote:

 cerbrus2 wrote:
Ironic don't ya think.

"nobody will gain from this strict enforcement of copyright laws, but the SF/F hobbyist will definitely lose. Let's hope that such problems can be resolved so that in future the wargames table will welcome the presence of Darth Vader with a light sabre, rather than a lawsuit, in his hands."

No, it's not. Irony is when a situation is dramatically different from what is expected, or a contrast between reality and appearance.

What you are talking about is the fact that a very small company, run by pot smoking nerds, changed it's mind about IP rights over the course of decades, not coincidentally around the same time they started to acquire some very valuable IP. That is exactly what you expect to happen. In 1978, GW was making money off of other people's IP. Now, others are leeching off them. The circle of life.

It's mildly amusing, but I think we all understand that maturity brings change.

Irony is in the eye of the beholder. I agree with your explanation, but I could see how someone would find it ironic if they had expected that GW has always protected their IP as aggressively as they do now.

Very literally it's a matter of different people at a different time in a different company.

 sourclams wrote:
That implies that GW even makes a model in the first place.

Since 6th edition 40k was released, can you name me a unit that has been in the book but has not had a model?

(I am fully prepared to be proven wrong here, but I cannot think of any)

 Goliath wrote:

 sourclams wrote:
That implies that GW even makes a model in the first place.

Since 6th edition 40k was released, can you name me a unit that has been in the book but has not had a model?

(I am fully prepared to be proven wrong here, but I cannot think of any)

Warlocks and Farseers on Jetbikes remain an option, and still no model after how many years?

Just sayin'.

 Goliath wrote:

 sourclams wrote:
That implies that GW even makes a model in the first place.

Since 6th edition 40k was released, can you name me a unit that has been in the book but has not had a model?

(I am fully prepared to be proven wrong here, but I cannot think of any)

Only for 6th edition codices or generally?

For general, look no further than the tyranid harpy.