Sounds fishy to me. (Destiny)

by narcogen , Andover, Massachusetts, Friday, February 05, 2016, 08:03 (3455 days ago) @ tadboz

Right? That's what I thought too. It's bizarre.

The text of the email is as follows:

"I am sorry to have to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately we have received a copyright infringement notice for your model Destiny Cryptic Dragon Scout Rifle

It claims that you infringe the rights of Activision, who own the copyright to Destiny.

That is absolutely false, at least according to everything I have seen and read. The entire point of Bungie going independent was to retain ownership of their own IP.

Are you sure you and Shapeways aren't getting pranked? Have they shown you the message they received and how it was authenticated?

Here's clause 6.2 on the leaked Bungie-Activision agreement. In this agreement, "Licensor" refers to Bungie, and "property" refers to Destiny:

Licensor shall retain all rights, title and interest (including all rights in the Intellectual Property related thereto or embodied therein and the right to seek damages for past and future infringement) in and to the Destiny Property and the Products and Conversions, including all source and object code, Game Assets, technology, engines, packaging and marketing materials, characters, settings, storylines, etc. relating thereto now existing or created by Licensor, Activision, an Activision Affiliate, a sublicensee, or any third party (collectively, the "Licensor Product Intellectual Property"), but specifically excluding (a) any Intellectual Property owned or controlled by Activision before the Effective Date; (b) any non-Game Assets solely developed by or for Activision; and (c) any improvements, additions, and modifications to and enhancements and derivatives of the materials described in the immediately preceding clauses (a) and (b) (collectively, the "Activision Product Intellectual Property").

I would shoot that back to Shapeways along with any link to the contract you can find. There are lots of them, as the story was widely covered.