Hi Bryan,
Yes, there is a gray area where copyrights are concerned. For example, a
game company like Edos can copyright a game story called Tomb Raider,
with a female character named Lara Croft, and so on. However, that
doesn't exclude someone coming up with a similar type of game with
different characters and slightly different plot. I've done it in my
Tomb Hunter series, it is similar to Tomb Raider, but I am well with in
the gray area that it is all legal. As long as I don't go around calling
my game Tomb Raider, call my main character Lara Croft, and so on I'm safe.
Sarah and the Castle of Wichcraft is another one of those games that
falls in a gray area. It isn't specifically a Harry Potter game, but it
does use a few aspects of the Harry Potter books/movies. If necessary
all Phil would have to do is change the names of the ghosts, spells,
castle, and he'd be 100% in the clear.
Bryan Peterson wrote:
Ideas themselves, such as general storylines, can't be copyrighted.
It's when you start using the names of characters and places that you
run the risk of legal trouble. I imagine the main reason people like
Phil haven't run into trouble about Sarah and the Castle of Witchcraft
and Wizardry, which does use names and locations from copyrighted
books, is that we're such a small community. But at the same time
that's no guaranteer of safety as THomas found out.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Rivard"
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As for game creation ideas, I think of it this way: How long have
games for the blind been produced and by how many companies? Compare
this with the number of companies that have been producing games for
the sighted and the period of time they have been doing so. Fresh
ideas are bound to be hard to come by. It's not because of a lack of
creativity.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Tristan B" <theblinddj...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle
Hi,
Not to take you down, but...
Sadly, it seems to me like the sighted come up with every idea that
we have before it ever even seemed like an idea. They have millions
and still counting of video games released in one country. Thousands
for single consoles, sometimes it seems like whatever ideas I think
up are copyrighted or used somewhere else.
That's just me. I may not have the spark of creativity that others
may have, or I may be right. Just my oppinion.
Tristan B
TrekGames.net
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----- Original Message ----- From: "michael barnes" <c...@samobile.net>
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Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle
i agree with you since i lost my sight that is all i can play is
audio games they do remind me of old video games that i enjoy
playing but it would be cool to play never before ideals that none
of the sighted game maker ever came up with i do wish someone would
make a newer version of distnation mars and run for presdinent
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