Yet Another List Of Suggestions!

[AdmiralSavvy]

Originally Posted by Davy Fireskull

Simple solution... if it works, which it may not.

New report category. You can go to the report function in a player's profile card, and there will be a new option that will be something like "Plagiarized Guild Name". This will be sent to Disney, where they will contact the guildmaster of the original guild (finding the original guild may be confusing, so they will have to find the original one. Maybe the oldest or most active one). If the guildmaster says its okay, then life goes on. If the guildmaster says that this person copied, then an email is sent to the founder of the copy-cat guild saying that they have copied another guild name without the consensus of the original guildmaster. The guild can stay, but the name is taken away and must be reset.

I know, it may be faulty and probably won't work, but it may...

I don't see why not. In most cases, this seems to be a perfectly reasonable solution. The only situation (It's a rare one, but it happened to pop in my head, so bear with me.) that would make this difficult would be if the GM was to disband the guild and would NOT want the guild to be continued. If someone was to create a guild with a similar name because "Oh! They're gone; we can use their name now. Yay!" (Beings they're probably amateurs who the original GM wouldn't want duplicating his or her guild), then, there could be a problem.

If the GM disbands because they left the game for good, or they were just tired of the guild, chances are, they probably won't care. But if the GM felt that a lot of work was put into the guild/the name has a lot of meaning/the guild name would still be boasted on a different game/whatever, then I guess they could plea plagiarism.

Here's where the real problem comes in: Would Disney actually accept the accusation? Technically, they're not in charge of the guild; they don't have the same influence over the name (in that game at least) as they did before when they were ACTUALLY leader. Not actually having the guild means no entitlement; anyone's free to use the guild name at will.

It's sad when someone resorts to using a guild name that's not their own, even if the guild is dead and gone (Not the song), but who could stop them if the guild IS gone?