COPYRIGHTS and all the BS!

[CDR]

COPYRIGHTS and all the BS!

i have noticed a bit of COPYRIGHT questions on here..
i heard it WAS LEGAL to sell the games you make with XP (if you LEGALLY OWN XP), then i hear it's not... It is IF YOU use your graphics etc..

i see NO SPECIFIC qualifications ANYWHERE and i mean ANYWHERE that I have PERSONALLY read.. i have seen LOTS of PERSONAL and WRONGFUL information being given out EVERYWHERE...

is it really worth making a game with this or not? if i LEGALLY own my copy of RPG Maker XP and i use it's graphics alone... then what's the issue... i see NO REASON not to be able to sell one's game(s).. boring or not.

and i quote DIRECTLY from: http://tkool.jp/products/rpgxp/eng/features.html

Distribute Your Games
Save your completed game as a game disk and you can burn it onto a CD-ROM to give to your friends or distribute it over the Internet for other gamers to enjoy. You can even market your creations as shareware.

as far as POKEMON games go... you CANNOT distribute/sell your game legally with those EXACT characters... the rest doesn't mean a thing... the names are NOT copyrighted by any means. if you want a game character to have the name ASH.. go for it! he may LOOK SIMILAR BUT NOT EXACT! HOWEVER, if you want to make the POKEMON game(s) for yourself or GIVE THEM AWAY - you are safe to do so. you just CANNOT make ANY profits off of them.

basically as far as i recall, one MUST change said graphic by AT LEAST 30% before it is considered original and non-copyrighted.. but do NOT quote me on this, but it IS the GENERAL rule for ANY graphic ANYWHERE.

EDIT: Yes you may use your own icon for your games... As you are not altering the game maker itself!


Just MY 2 cents!

~CDR

 

[Anski]

You DON'T need CAPSLOCK ever OTHER word TO express WHAT you NEED to SAY.

I don't see the point in this topic, are you just trying to tell us that you can't sell your game even though we already know that?

Try and speak clearer  :wink:

 

[Grathea]

Well...
For one, we have an extensive Copyright Law thread, which should answer most of your questions.
Secondly, no, you can't change the icon directly, as this is strictly against RMXP's EULA.
Thirdly, Pokemon is copyrighted - I'm not sure where you're getting this bullshit from. The Pokemon are copyrighted, the games are copyrighted, the name 'Pokemon' is essentially copyrighted. A lot of the rest falls under something called 'intellectual rights', which also refers to the resources.
Fourth, your 'general rule' of 30% adjustment is also pretty much bullshit. If you make it yourself effectively from scratch, it's yours. If not, CREDIT. This is one of the biggest rules here, and violation results in bans.
Fifth - please shut up, you're not giving us a good opinion of you at all.

 

[Luminier]

Fifth - please shut up, you're not giving us a good opinion of you at all.

I don't think he really cares about people's opinions of him. I mean, why else would he get two "different" *cough*proxy*cough* people to spam topics for him BAWWWing about his one day ban. But I'm getting off-topic here.

This thread is stupid. Your use of caps to emphasize words is annoying(there is BBcode for italics, you know). And you don't seem to know what you're going on about! I would totally do something about this, if I weren't such a lazy bastard.

 

[Skyla Doragono]

Fortunately, I'm not a lazy bastard.  *click*