![]() ![]() It got to use the full name, Defense of the Ancients, but agreed to change the name of Blizzard DOTA to Blizzard All-Stars, which later became Heroes of The Storm. Valve got to keep the name Dota 2 and Blizzard got-well, we're not sure. The companies settled the dispute out of court. In 2012, Blizzard went after Valve over its trademark filing for the name "Dota 2." Blizzard argued that the Warcraft 3 custom game Defense of the Ancients, also known as DotA, was associated exclusively with Warcraft and Blizzard, and that Valve had no right to trademark the acronym for a new game, especially because "Ancients" was a reference to Warcraft lore. It may also be hoping to avoid another Dota 2 situation. (Image credit: Valve) Why claim ownership?Ĭlaiming ownership of your Warcraft 3 maps does simplify things: There's no need for Blizzard to explain every possible way in which it is free to use your work, because it's simply saying that your work is its work. Valve trademarked the name 'Dota 2' in 2012, even though Defense of the Ancients was a Warcraft mod. That means that not only can it distribute your map until the end of time, it can theoretically prevent you from distributing it yourself, or from reusing any of the original work you put into it, whether that's for a mod for another game, a standalone game, or anything else. What makes Blizzard's EULA different is that it is claiming exclusive ownership of your work. You're sharing the rights to the work, in other words. The company you gave a non-exclusive license to can also do those things. You can license them to someone else, or sell them on a shirt. "Non-exclusive" is the important word here: It means that the parts of your mod that are wholly original-your original art, for example-are also yours to do with what you want. You've given Valve a non-exclusive license to everything you've uploaded by agreeing to the Steam Subscriber Agreement. ![]() Non-exclusive licensing agreements can be found all over the place, and for the most part, they exist simply so that you can't upload something to Steam Workshop and then claim Valve is infringing on your copyright by hosting it. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.Not only can Blizzard distribute your map until the end of time, it can theoretically prevent you from distributing it yourself. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms. If you wish to be unblocked, you must agree that you will take immediate steps to rectify this issue. If you do not understand what is causing this behavior, please contact us here. If you promise to stop (by clicking the Agree button below), we'll unblock your connection for now, but we will immediately re-block it if we detect additional bad behavior. ![]() Overusing our search engine with a very large number of searches in a very short amount of time.Using a badly configured (or badly written) browser add-on for blocking content.Running a "scraper" or "downloader" program that either does not identify itself or uses fake headers to elude detection.Using a script or add-on that scans GameFAQs for box and screen images (such as an emulator front-end), while overloading our search engine.There is no official GameFAQs app, and we do not support nor have any contact with the makers of these unofficial apps. Continued use of these apps may cause your IP to be blocked indefinitely. This triggers our anti-spambot measures, which are designed to stop automated systems from flooding the site with traffic. Some unofficial phone apps appear to be using GameFAQs as a back-end, but they do not behave like a real web browser does.Using GameFAQs regularly with these browsers can cause temporary and even permanent IP blocks due to these additional requests. If you are using the Brave browser, or have installed the Ghostery add-on, these programs send extra traffic to our servers for every page on the site that you browse, then send that data back to a third party, essentially spying on your browsing habits.We strongly recommend you stop using this browser until this problem is corrected. The latest version of the Opera browser sends multiple invalid requests to our servers for every page you visit.The most common causes of this issue are: Your IP address has been temporarily blocked due to a large number of HTTP requests. ![]()
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