https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/eldewrito-community-content
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Update: Here is the ElDewrito response: http://blog.eldewrito.com/post/173283810663/microsofts-legal-action-and-the-future-of
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Today we want to let our community know that Microsoft has initiated actions to protect its Halo intellectual property in the wake of the recent "ElDewrito" PC release. Community created content has long been a key pillar in the Halo franchise and something we have continuously sought to support – from the early beginnings of Red vs. Blue to Forge-made maps & modes to the "Halo Custom Edition" to original recent fan creations like "Installation 01." These projects, and others like them, have one key factor in common – they fit within Microsoft's established content usage guidelines.
As this project reverberated across the community, our team took a step back to assess the materials and explore possible avenues, while Microsoft, like any company, has a responsibility to protect its IP, code and trademarks. It's not optional in other words.
As we look ahead, we're very excited about the prospects of an official classic Halo experience making its way to PC and we hope to be able to partner with the ElDewrito team and broader mod and content creation community to help inform the types of experiences and features our fans desire. While we have nothing to announce today, please know that the PC community is very important to us and top of mind as we work towards the future.
Update: Here is the ElDewrito response: http://blog.eldewrito.com/post/173283810663/microsofts-legal-action-and-the-future-of
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BTW, we're not "shutting down the mod" or going after the Eldewrito crew - we're enacting action to remove the Halo Online code and packages from places it's being hosted. The distinction may seem like semantics to a lot of folks, and I don't blame them for assuming that, but to be clear, this is a legally necessary step to protect code, product, IP, trademarks and copyrights, and is not optional. We're a publicly traded company, and we have a fiduciary and legal responsibility to our shareholders, and further, if we don't take steps to protect it, then we actually run the legal risk of losing it - and there's code and content in there that is still very much in use.
As a company, we spend a lot of time, effort and resources to support, amplify and enable our community creators - we have a simple set of rules that are generous and fair, that as long as they are abided by, we're happy to help with and in some cases, promote.
Halo Online code and content is not within those rules.
I hope nobody on this site thinks anyone is happy about this - at one end of the spectrum, it's sad to see folks' hard work and effort be sunsetted, and on the other, all the people who do this stuff are human. Nobody takes joy in this kind of work or responsibility. It's simply a necessary part of being a publicly traded company in the US.
If anyone wishes to send death threats, please direct those and Scholarly Legal Opinions to @franklez.
I won't be responding to this thread, because effectively I've said everything I can say here, but my one ask - a favor - is that folks try to contextualize this within real world circumstances, and not apply intent or evil where none exists.
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