Hey all! It would appear that Games Workshop's legal team is going after Wahapedia now, not that any of us are really too shocked. Wahapedia stands as the main source of datasheets, missions, and codex content. The main thing that separates it from the books themselves is it's utilitarian site design and no-fluff content deliverance, lacking most art and lore. This makes the codices, at least in my opinion, still worth the purchase. This is summed up well in Wahapedia's own 'Legal' notice (below).
In a post over on Wahapedia's Patreon, it was revealed that GW have allowed 14 days for all the site's info to be taken down, or face further legal action.
While the first few statements declared by the email outline what GW and Warhammer are, the email quickly gets down to brass tacks, making the obvious statement that Games Workshop's data and text are not Wahapedia's to distribute. It additionally points out that the site and it's owner(s) are profiting from it, and that is obviously a no go.
Games Workshop have officially given Wahapedia, and those who run it, 14 days to remove any "significant" infringement of their content, along with any quoted text or data from their books.
This does not bode well for other data sites such as BattleScribe and it's community-sourced 40K Repos, especially since Games Workshop would probably prefer that you use their app to write your lists. I nearly threw up in my mouth typing that last bit.
Either way, in his patreon post, Vyacheslav of Wahapedia seems to be taking the whole thing very well, stating no ill-will to GW and even asking the community to find the fun in the situation and create memes. All in all, a good sport.
What do you think of Wahapedia's takedown? Corporate seal-clubbing or justified infringement-removal?
More stuff on the way soon.
Cheers,
Ryan.
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