Originally Posted by
Frozen Death Knight
Aha. Well, I have never really been into Warhammer, so I just made a small assumption about the genre, but of course, I stand corrected.
As for the part about ripping off others, the term is defined in a negative fashion rather than positive. That is why you say "inspired", instead, which pretty much means the same thing without all the negative baggage to it.
It's pretty much like when one uses the words "risk" and "chance" when talking about probability. They mean pretty much the same thing, but one is more positive/negative than the other, which is why both terms exist. "Rip-off" and "inspired" are pretty much used in the same fashion.
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If Games Workshop had their franchise established before Blizzard it would mean that they would have had a copyright on Warhammer. Regardless of how small they were, they would have been able to sue if they thought Blizzard infringed on their copyright. Though, since nothing has happened since Blizzard released their game in the form of WarCraft and that no one is confusing the two franchises as being either or, chances are that there is no case here to deal with.