TOS-violating maps are not a new trend, whether it’s a clickbait game promising free V-Bucks or a game based on an intellectual property (IP); they’ve been around for a while. I’m not one to complain, but it seems that the community backlash has been ignored so far, with no action being taken against these maps. Some of these rule-breaking maps have even taken over the front pages of discovery for weeks!
It’s reached the point where creators who have never broken the rules are witnessing the success of these maps and the lack of moderation from Epic, and are thus tempted to create their own V-Buck scam or IP-infringing maps. Honestly, how could you blame them? Imagine investing significant time into a map, only to have a lazy V-Buck scam outshine you and take your place in discovery. This issue is not just demotivating for creators, but also encourages them to reduce effort in their creations and disregard the rules.
Below are some image examples of those maps, some of them have existed and trended for weeks with no action:
Legitimate concern, those three IP holders could sue and shut down all custom maps.
Epic has one of the best relationships with IP holders in the world (as witnessed by the many, many Fortnite “guest stars”), they shouldn’t let it suffer due to creators not following the rules. I worked with movie studios for decades, and they have vast armies of lawyers who do nothing but sue for copyright infringement.
Thanks, it took me thirty seconds to find copyright infringement for three Disney movies. FYI, Disney is composed of 10% artists, 90% lawyers. By pointing this out to Epic, you may be saving them tens of millions of dollars.
And one of the islands that Epic is actually promoting is also a Disney rip-off.
