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Co-founder and Animation Director for Epoch Games. Freelance Photographer.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

look at our rank... there you go.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

No no no no no... Don't use the copyrighted music and font. We can give you some music to use, but for heavens sake don't use that.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

We have written a letter to send around the internet:

Dear [recipient],

I would like to inform you of a Lord of the Rings fan modification of the Elder Scrolls Skyrim, which has recently been issued a cease and desist letter from Warner Brothers Entertainment. The mod's name is MERP (Middle earth Roleplaying Project), which has been in development since before 2008 (though then for a different game). Since then, the team has matured and the mod has seen a huge boost in quality, fan support and developemnt experience.

Now we need all the support we can get from fans, other modders, game websites, famous people and whoever can help to spread news about our current situation to show Warner Bros. how much everyone cares about our project.

After contact with Warner Brothers, they did not permit us to continue the project privately with no public releases. We have contact with a lawyer who is trying to argue our case as transformative and under 'fair use', but we also need all the support we can get!

Please help our cause, and spread the news and don't let this awesome non-profit project come to an end!

We have a petition, facebook pages, and a twitter hashtag – #SaveMERP

Facebook: Facebook.com

Petition: Gopetition.com

Our main news and blog site is: Moddb.com

Please help us and spread the news!

Together we can save MERP!

--MERP fans and gamers

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

The money is donated to GoPetition, but they use it to advertise our petition on other sites. We never see the money... we didnt even know about it until about an hour ago :P
The licenes vary... anything from £5k to $50k

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Its all done through the GoPetitions website, we have no control over it.
Also I hope you realise just how much a licence would cost... probably 100 times the donations we've had.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Thank-you to eveyone who donated on the petition, also we have just passed 3000 signatures!
Please don't donate any more though, the money doesnt come to us, it goes on advertising the petition... its currently got advertising set for the next 116 days :P

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Every little helps :)

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

The c&d letter was emailed to the team's email address, this contains no real-name of any team member, has no single IP address which uses it. The c&d was issued by an attourney of Warner Bros.
They originally, nor curently intend to sue the team, it was mearly a warning.
And yes, we have contacted a lawyer.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

This would be a good idea. Everyone who can should start tweeting Angry Joe, Total Biscuit, The Yogscast... Everyone

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

We have a backer... Youtube.com Everyone go and say Hi, then share our promotional video that will be appearing soon

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Yep, any video where we will get noticed

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ Save MERP petition!

Just over half a day

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

as many as we can get

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Gopetition.com
Here is our petition, make this happen!

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

They think we have a real chance

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

You realise the 'Saul Zaentz company' is Warner Bros. And We have tried tweeting them, but I feel we need the community to start tweeting them en masse. One persons tweet will not get noticed, but a few hundereds will.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

ok, thanks good

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Put us in contact with them, this sounds great

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

We were considering that a long time ago, but its too much effort and it also takes away what MERP means. If we have to change all the names, most of us will just drop the mod.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

That isn't a half bad idea, if we are allowed to continue that will be one of our suggestions.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP C&D

Anything to gain exposure is awesome! Please tell everyone you can.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

More of this!^

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

? No, it means the whole mod is halted. so no playing as anything.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Use our facebook page Facebook.com

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

You know, I was actually going to get LEGO LotR, and I'm a dev. Not now though :( In the appempt to stop themselves losing sales by shutting us down, they've actually triggered a lot of boycotting... fools

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

That would just give WB a reason to sue us, so unfortunately not.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

MERP fans: we are sorry for the lack of activity over the last few weeks. Keep an eye out for a major announcement in the next few days.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Merp.straygenius.com
Post an application there with an example of your work, then one of our literature overseers will review it.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

Composers not so much, but quest writers would be much welcomed.

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Epoch_MEB
Epoch_MEB @ MERP | Middle Earth Roleplaying Project

For one, you've been the first to ask a reasonable question in a while :P
Races for the first release, only Rohirrim. We considered gondorian but they just wouldn't fit in at the current time.
Characters will probably be done on book description, since there are several discrepencies between the books and films.

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