Quote from: Decar on November 12, 2018, 03:15:49 PMbut HiG are choosing their battles, this shop doesn't have a CnD in place. HiG is a small company itself. I'd also argue that we did X because another person was doing X and you didn't or haven't tried to stop them could be grounds for a defence, assuming they could show HiG was aware of it. I don't know any examples of this though.Exactly! In my view it is unacceptably to SELL such things without the Copyright agreement with HiG. Crafter could make the game for himself, he might present it to somebody, but not sell. The good example of such crafting is giant tiles-coasters, there was no problem for crafter to take the permission from HiG and sell the goods without any questions. And it is not good to advertise illegal "Carcassonne" games on Carcassonne phorum. I'd delete the link and the photo from this topic.
but HiG are choosing their battles, this shop doesn't have a CnD in place. HiG is a small company itself. I'd also argue that we did X because another person was doing X and you didn't or haven't tried to stop them could be grounds for a defence, assuming they could show HiG was aware of it. I don't know any examples of this though.
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I see what you are saying but No one was advertising this. The original poster of this and various other similar things over the years is drawing our attention to something Carcassonne related in case us fans are interested. It would be different if the seller comes on here selling something illegal. Ultimately I strongly believe consumers owe nothing to commercial sellers - they have created a product we like And we have given them our money. It is clear that retailers/manufacturers simply want to make money and that is fine. But I don't think we fans should be policing very small time sellers. If hig wants to stop them selling then they will. Sent from my SM-A320FL using Tapatalk
For goodness sake - this forum is not a sponsored hig site. We do not get any preferential treatment from hig , and as I remember it they have completely disregarded our points of view on various occasions. We as a community have slagged off what hig has and is doing with Carcassonne for years. I am not saying "screw hig" - I am saying "have some perspective". If hig want to issue cease and desist notices to all these crafters who make and sell Carcassonne things then they can go right ahead. But we as a community shouldn't be policing creativity apart from choosing not to purchase an item if we want to. I find this whole argument a bit ridiculous to be honest. Yes the wooden game is almost certainly illegal but is the seller doing it to make his/her millions? No. Do you actually care that much? I don't and Hig are big enough and clever enough to fight their own battles.
And very usable - less scratches, less attrition than on the common cardboard tiles.
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