Using copyright names and ideas in games...
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Using copyright names and ideas in games...
Would it be ok to have a senario Middle Earth, with guys like Gandalf and Frodo (taken from a famous book) running around?
Would it be ok to have a forum with guys offically called Sith (taken from copyright movie star wars) running around?
Would it be ok to have a forum with guys offically called Sith (taken from copyright movie star wars) running around?
i don't think so as copyright protects people from profiting off others idea's.
and wesnoth is free . they can't sue you unless you are selling your campaign for profit.
and wesnoth is free . they can't sue you unless you are selling your campaign for profit.
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Re: Using copyright names and ideas in games...
You certainly can make a campaign with copyrighted material. No one is going to stop you. Although I believe it is the policy of the boards to not allow in depth discussion of making copyrighted content into Wesnoth add-ons.multilis wrote:Would it be ok to have a senario Middle Earth, with guys like Gandalf and Frodo (taken from a famous book) running around?
Would it be ok to have a forum with guys offically called Sith (taken from copyright movie star wars) running around?
Which I think is a little draconian and is definitely overly-alarmist, but they are not my boards so it doesn't matter what I think.
To be honest something like a video game adaptation is going to fall under fair use unless you are trying to sell it. And even if you were they generally don't care unless you are making a lot money (in which case they can grab a piece of it).gabe wrote:Tolkien died on Sept 2 1973
so in 2043 this will be allowed
but not untill then
current literature copyright law is 70 years after author death or after 95 for corporate authorship
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HOMM2 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM3 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM4 has got LOTR campaigns. AOW has got LOTR campaigns. AOW2 has got LOTR campaigns.
and im pretty sure lots of other games have got LOTR campaigns.
its not that strict that it would certainly result in lots of lawyers at your doorstep. but yea, better be over-cautious than take a risk for no reason. for example, i could bet a Macbeth campaign would be completely allowed to make
HOMM2 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM3 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM4 has got LOTR campaigns. AOW has got LOTR campaigns. AOW2 has got LOTR campaigns.
and im pretty sure lots of other games have got LOTR campaigns.
its not that strict that it would certainly result in lots of lawyers at your doorstep. but yea, better be over-cautious than take a risk for no reason. for example, i could bet a Macbeth campaign would be completely allowed to make
Maybe they payed the rights for them.Syntax_Error wrote::/
HOMM2 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM3 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM4 has got LOTR campaigns. AOW has got LOTR campaigns. AOW2 has got LOTR campaigns.
and im pretty sure lots of other games have got LOTR campaigns.
If you get an agreement with the person that has the rights for something, you can use that "something" for your own purpose.
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no, i mean fanmade campaigns.Herduk wrote:Maybe they payed the rights for them.Syntax_Error wrote::/
HOMM2 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM3 has got LOTR campaigns. HOMM4 has got LOTR campaigns. AOW has got LOTR campaigns. AOW2 has got LOTR campaigns.
and im pretty sure lots of other games have got LOTR campaigns.
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