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WWE to ruin e-wrestling

Shaun SindelmanPosted on 07/03/04 at 15:39:02

WWE has started to go after online "efeds" for copyright infringement. Word is that WWE is now planning to launch their own "fantasy federation" which is why they are closing down as many independent ones as possible.
91Posted on 07/03/04 at 17:21:15

I'd love to know what copyrights exactly are being infringed. I could understand them closing down, say, www.wwefed.com for example (and perhaps that's the only kind of stuff they mean), but your average run of the mill e-fed doesn't even use real guys. Maybe Vince is trying to copyright the very concept of wrestling...
Rick GarrardPosted on 07/03/04 at 17:39:06

and exactly WHAT proof do you have that they have taken ANY actions at all? the way I see it, it is no different than writing fan fiction for television characters, which last I checked is legal as long as it carries a disclaimer stating that it in no way is associated with the real thing.

Plus lets not forget they had their own online trading card game that they killed after about 3 years in 2003, just as the community for it was starting to build thanks to advertising of the game.

If they truly are shutting down efeds, then why not just pull a "WWE" and bastardize the names of the wrestlers by doubling certain letters in their names, thusly making them your very own creations. That's why they do it that way themselves.

The thing WWE fears most is that online bookers can book their talent better than they can at the current moment.
Shaun SindelmanPosted on 07/03/04 at 17:55:40

Further discussion can also be found at:

http://p220.ezboard.com/fewrestlingroundtablefrm2.showMessage?topicID=449.topic
Rick GarrardPosted on 07/03/04 at 21:48:40

if they sue anyone... they better sue Oliver first for his WWF circuit that is still online at this very site using this very program.  Thatnotwithstanding, I think killing off a fringe audience to a fringe product, is pretty damned stupid.  Perhaps VKM is TRYING to go out of business so his kids won't have an inheritance?
americamamushiPosted on 07/04/04 at 00:52:02

The thing WWE fears most is that online bookers can book their talent better than they can at the current moment.
Preach on brother :)
AnubisPosted on 07/24/04 at 10:05:40

There's plenty of proof Vince is trying this stupid shit; there are stories about it on every news site I've gone to, and it sounds like vintage Vince McMahon.  Vince McMahon is the absolute dumbest motherfucker on the face of the planet.  I could book better than him in my fucking sleep.  Sorry, but that asshole pisses me off to no end.

I hope WWE dies a horrible miserable death at the hands of NWA, RoH, and MLW.
jhip74Posted on 07/24/04 at 12:49:41

NWA-TNA is opening an online fantasy game as well... but no word on trying to close down anyone else.
xsouporheroxPosted on 07/24/04 at 18:12:52

On 07/24/04 at 10:05:40, Anubis wrote:

I hope WWE dies a horrible miserable death at the hands of NWA, RoH, and MLW.
Except MLW is entirely an overseas company now.
AnubisPosted on 07/24/04 at 20:17:29

When did that happen?  Last I heard, they were based in Florida.
xsouporheroxPosted on 07/24/04 at 20:42:31

They closed down several months ago. Recently the name got bought out by a Japanese company to make new footage exclusive to overseas TV.
AnubisPosted on 07/25/04 at 04:35:50

Damn . . . They were freaking awesome . . .

And then there were two . . . NWA and RoH . . .
xsouporheroxPosted on 07/25/04 at 04:43:51

Well, we also have CZW and 3PW and USA Pro and NWA: Florida and All Pro out of Cali.

And we were going to have H2 but that fell through thanks to Teddy Hart being an idiot(not that that is new) and Court Bauer getting out of the deal after problems with the outside investors who were the same foreign company that bought MLW from him.
Owen Hart RIPPosted on 07/25/04 at 06:27:50

I'd hardly classify CZW as great wrestling though, as they are mostly hardcore. They do put off the occasional old school match though! At least it's not totally horrid like XPW was. God that fucking sh!t was awful!

Does anyone know the name of the fed that Harley Race runs?
AnubisPosted on 07/25/04 at 09:09:40

That would be World League Wrestling, WLW.
xsouporheroxPosted on 07/25/04 at 17:50:31

But CZW has Chris Hero,t hat's great wrestling right there. CZW really doesn't have that many deathmatch guys and in fact most of their roster is made up of really good workers. Even champ Messiah is a strong technical wrestler.
Owen Hart RIPPosted on 07/25/04 at 22:42:41

Getting back to the topic at hand, it's not like the e-feds are profitting from the WWE name. 99% of e-feds are not-for profit anyway, and the ones that are for profit are usually fantasy wrestlers anyway
CarlzillaPosted on 07/26/04 at 22:46:38

Woah...did I just see you say something nice about Messiah Justin? I still like the deathmatch wrestling but you have to admit, some of those guys can actually wrestle too.
xsouporheroxPosted on 07/26/04 at 23:29:28

On 07/26/04 at 22:46:38, Carlzilla wrote:Woah...did I just see you say something nice about Messiah Justin? I still like the deathmatch wrestling but you have to admit, some of those guys can actually wrestle too.
I've always liked what little of Messiah's work I've seen Carl.
CarlzillaPosted on 07/28/04 at 22:12:42

man I miss CZW...I haven't watched it in ages.
Trance750Posted on 08/06/04 at 20:41:51

On 07/03/04 at 15:39:02, Shaun Sindelman wrote:WWE has started to go after online "efeds" for copyright infringement. Word is that WWE is now planning to launch their own "fantasy federation" which is why they are closing down as many independent ones as possible.
Because having a monopoly on professional wrestling is not enough....he wants to own the sole rights to the e-wrestling world as well.

And people wonder why I refuse to watch any WWE program.
kenniekayozPosted on 08/21/04 at 08:23:17

I totally agree that the whole WWE shit closing down Efeds is nothing but fucking bullshit, I run an efed as many of you do too:
http://www.kwoaoa.com

Today (Aug 21 2004 at 2:15am) is when I type this and I have already recived 3 emails from various efed owners saying that if I use WWE photos to remove them ASAP.

The thing that they can nail you with is alot, if you use even one logo or wrestler photo your subject to getting nailed or even using the same name as a wrestler for the efed.

This makes things really difficult for alot of people such as me who suck shit with graphics, so i guess I'll have to have a blank roster page with just names and I'll have to reconfigure each bio too now since I cant use images from the WWE.

Since I started I didn't want to use images for this reason, it looks like that reason has caught up with me.



As for other posts in this column:

MLW is susposidly opening back up watch there site for more info.
MLW owner & Teddy Hart opened a promotion called H2Wrestling but the promotion died as quickly as it was put up.

As for ROH, yes that is good, but I have been told that the old owner of the ROH store got nailed by the FBI, cause he went on some chatline and hit on some FBI agent as this guy was posed as a 14 year old boy. The agent aranged to meet and BAM !, he's caught. But they got someone else running the store now.

As for XPW i hear a few complaints about it but I hear it's coming back. Rob (black) is getting back into porn so he can get more money so he can get the promotion off the ground.... again.

CZW is cool too, while I'm here I guess I'll plug my wrestling news & interviews site, if anyone gets news hit up this site and email it to me.... please make sure your source is reliable.
http://www.TooExplosiveForRingside.com

Thanks for readin y'all.

- Ken