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• Ysgramor

  

  • 8 posts
   

  December 13, 2012 1:14 PM EST

  We now need out fans and supporters to send this letter to everyone and anyone on the internet. Be it youtube channels, journalism sites or just friends and folowers. We need to spread the word and get ourselves noticed.

  Someone wrote: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

  not my text but lets safe this mod for skyrim!

• Dieter

  

  • 952 posts
   

  December 13, 2012 2:19 PM EST

  MERP was being developed for Oblivion originally. I tried it but it was far from complete. I know a few other projects like this as well though. Good to see you back by the way.

• Dieter

  

  • 952 posts
   

  December 13, 2012 2:22 PM EST

  You are signer #24153

  Here ya go.

• Ysgramor

  

  • 8 posts
   

  December 13, 2012 2:22 PM EST

  thx dieter it has been a long time

• Dieter

  

  • 952 posts
   

  December 13, 2012 2:46 PM EST

  4 interesting other total conversion mods/major content for you. Just in case you are interested.

  http://enderal.de/?lang=en

  http://vomteam.wordpress.com/

  http://morroblivion.com/skywind-faq

  http://www.andoran.com/en/

  These ones (except for Skywind) are completely without legal issues and look promising.

• Spectre

  

  • 285 posts
   

  December 13, 2012 3:02 PM EST

  I signed it weeks ago, MERP deserves it though I won't be able to enjoy it because I'm on Xbox. Thank you Gophersvids for showing that project to me!
• Kyrielle Atrinati

  

  • 291 posts
   

  December 13, 2012 5:33 PM EST

  Signed it some months ago back in the summer.  I've been tracking this mod for a very long time, and it's very sad to see their progress stymied.  It sounded like they really had it together this time and were going to crank out content rather quickly.