Replica Montreal subway map for Counter-Strike: GO attracts ire of Canadian authoriti

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Build a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive map replicating a public space and you may get in trouble.
Diego Liatis has. He, with help from some friends, recreated Montreal's Berri-UQAM subway station without the permission of the Société de transport de Montreal. He did ask but was told no. He thought it being a public space meant he was safe.
Now the Société de transport de Montreal (STM) has threatened Liatis with a CAD $50,000 fine plus court costs if the map is publicly released.
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