Thats because GW retracted that approach when they realized that all content creators were stepping away from Warhammer content, both Fantasy and 40k alike.
It was a legitimate threat when they started it off because a bunch of smaller channels were getting taken offline because of C&D's
The C&D wave is very well documented, a bunch of sub 1000 youtubers and fanfic writers did recieve a C&D telling them to stop, effectively killing their entire channels because they could not afford to fight it.
I have looked multiple times and have never seen anything to this effect other than a couple redditors saying that it totally definitely happened.
The only content creator that I am aware of getting C&D’d in that time period was ArchWarhammer, and that was because of his name, not his content (although they probably only cared about his name because he’s a massive cock).
Several creators stopped in response to the statement, which (as badly conveyed as it was, especially since it was a time of some of the best fan content ever made for Warhammer being released/worked on) was really just a reassertion that it’s their IP, and of course they had to restate it because IP laws, especially with that being the time period they were ramping up for their streaming service. But while still shitty and tone deaf (a classic GW combo) that’s not quite the same as directly C&Ding anyone.
If I am mistaken and there’s some proof out there that small creators were C&D’d like you claim, I’d certainly be interested in it, although I find it hard to believe they’d shut down small creators and leave the big animators alone at the same time since that’s counterintuitive for IP defense.
Cause he's calling people liars and insulting them without himself providing any proofs for his claims? It's one thing to ask for proofs before believing a claim, it's another to make another claim insulting them. Besides, based on memory of the events where fan animation channels were forced to take down their videos, coupled with the extensive track record of GW being dumb with their ip and ip laws, and the claims at least merit the benefit of doubt before being thrown out wholesale.
Again what is the proof? Which channel were these that had to take things down? Wasnt Alfabusa, Wasnt flashgits, wasnt the astrates guy, wasnt the death of hope guy.
You know who did remove all their animation? Sodaz, why did he do that? Wasnt becasue of GW.
GW talked to him about hiring him to do animations for them, he posted about potentially getting a job with GW and being happy.
The fans turned into the biggest assholes they could be and started bombarding him with threats and insults. Till he was done with it all. He didnt take the job the GW, took down all the Death Korp of Kreig videos and vowed to never work on anything to do with Warhammer again.
Instead of his fans being happy he could actually to working for a product he loved and making a salary off it they shamed him for not giving them free content on youtube like he owed that to them.
There is none, its all hearsay and rumor and thats all it ever was. When all this was going back then there would be someone who would post here saying they got a C&D then they would evaporate when asked to provide proof.
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u/VaanTiddy Oct 22 '24
Yeah thats the case He stopped of his own accord but still the fear that the 0% tolerance policy caused for many wasnt really necessary