Language translations of POE as being noticed as "breach of Service Terms"
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Hi guys I played POE about 3 years now and found that most of my friends who play in Korea were having hard time understanding English, so one group has worked for a very long time (as far as I know 3-4 man worked for more than 6 month) to complete the translation of almost everything in the game. They just love the game and wanted more people to enjoy it. They haven't asked for any money or anything like that it is absolutely free to download the translation files.
However, this is the issue they have to deal with right now. It was about 3 years ago when I first started to play that some of the guys asked GGG for permission to translate the game but the response they got was that the 3rd party translation is in breach of Service of Terms. So, they postponed the translation project and started to translate every update to a blog for people to see. However, many Koreans who enjoyed the game were turned down mainly due to language issues. The guys found out that there was a Chinese client that Chinese people use to play in their language. So they began to restart the translation project and asked GGG for their permission. From what I know they received the same answer but this time they pushed it and finished Korean translation. Now I want to ask you guys if they should abandon the translation in order to follow the Terms of Service or should they ask once again for GGG's permission or just make it unofficial and make translation users take the risk by themselves. I really would like to ask GGG to reconsider this as this might greatly increase the number of players in Korea. Cheers... Last bumped on May 27, 2016, 8:42:32 AM
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If the language is the problem, make the localization unofficial and play
Course you should take the risk by yourselves But honestly I can't imagine GGG would ban players just because of unofficial localization. |
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" Email I got when I asked about this In my previous email I asked if there were anyone punished by using unofficial Chinese client which is just a Chinese translated one. Hi there, Thank you for the response. Unfortunately I am unable to comment on any actions that were taken against other accounts, however if an account is found to be breaching our Terms of Use it can result in the account being banned. Thank you again and if you need anything else please feel free to let us know. Best regards, Rob Guess They will ban you if you get caught but didn't see anyone complaining about account ban for using this |
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" I firmly believe GGG won't ban or punish players due to localization WTF they would do? IF they do, thousands of Chinese would have been already banned long before GGG just does not want anyone to touch the client Thats all I guess But you should take your own risk anyway Last edited by GodKas#2489 on May 27, 2016, 7:12:02 AM
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Generally speaking, using things like this is fairly "Safe" as not only is there not really a way for them to tell, but they don't really care.
I assume the reason they're sticking to their guns about it is for legal reasons. Even if they were given the translation files for free, to make official, without everyone involved signing a contract or something to hand over ownership there's the possibility of a lawsuit (And even if GGG were likely to win, it's a hassle for them and could easily result in bad publicity). |
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All modification of the client is a violation of the ToS. Maybe if the translation team would get in contact with GGG they could work out something to release an official Korean language client patch from pooled resources.
"Into the Labyrinth!
left step, right step, step step, left left. Into the Labyrinth!" |
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" The team is more than willing to give away the translation data if GGG asks they don't want anything to do with lawsuit. And I have already mentioned that all translated data is free to give to GGG but I got the same response from GGG, breach of ToS... |
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" They say that now, and probably mean it, but there's always a chance one of them will change their mind later, or someone who helped out in some miniscule way suddenly wants a cut of the action. There's a whole bunch of legal risks, and it's easier for GGG to just refuse things like this rather than risk it. |
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[/quote] They say that now, and probably mean it, but there's always a chance one of them will change their mind later, or someone who helped out in some miniscule way suddenly wants a cut of the action. There's a whole bunch of legal risks, and it's easier for GGG to just refuse things like this rather than risk it.[/quote] Yeah might be.. but its just sad to see all the hard work being notified as illegal stuffs. |
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" Well, it's the same reason they have to stick to the "It's against the ToS, don't do it" line. If they don't let anyone breach the ToS, even for stuff like this that they don't really care about, then someone who does something serious can't use it as a loophole. Basically, stuff that all businesses and professionals do to cover themselves in worst case scenarios and such. |
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