tl;dr: It's probably not legal. Get a lawyer. If you can't afford one, you should probably reconsider this idea and find a better way to make money. But you seem insistent on pursuing this idea, so I don't know what else to say.
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Does anyone know the legal department of Valve? Or should >> I refrain from sending them too much of the same? >> >> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Brent Veal <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> He said he did contact them directly but hasnt heard a response yet. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 5:59 PM, Kevin Mahoney <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Why not just contact them directly? >>>> >>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Eugenio Roman wrote: >>>> >>>>> I guess now it is just a matter of figuring out the legality of this... >>> I >>>>> hope Valve has a word on this. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Kevin Mahoney <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> They look fine to me too. Apt place to see one. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 21, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Adam Sierra <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Honestly, there'd be absolutely nothing wrong with ads right there in >>>> my >>>>>>> opinion, if you just made it so they looked run down, and torn, >>> instead >>>>>> of >>>>>>> squeeky clean. >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Eugenio "Motanum" Roman >>>>> >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://twitter.com/#!/MotanumR >>>>> http://steamcommunity.com/id/Motanum >>>>> http://www.youtube.com/user/motanium >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> L4Dmapper mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Eugenio "Motanum" Roman >> >> [email protected] >> http://twitter.com/#!/MotanumR >> http://steamcommunity.com/id/Motanum >> http://www.youtube.com/user/motanium >> _______________________________________________ >> L4Dmapper mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper > _______________________________________________ L4Dmapper mailing list [email protected] http://list.valvesoftware.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l4dmapper
