Heres an example.
Theirs a game called bilo your bilo belly.
And theirs a character called Mikallo bob fat belly. He has weapons like
swords guns and bombs and the like. So lets say Hayden was the developer
of
that game. I take abit from the game. I change the name to naughty donky,
and I put the weapons that mikallo bob fat belly had. In mikallo bob fat's
game, you have to shoot peoples bellys. But in this one, you have to shoot
people. And there was a sword in the other game and I put a sword in that
game. Did I get the example right?
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From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On
Behalf Of Thomas Ward
Sent: 19 April 2010 18:16
To: Gamers Discussion list
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] someone answer
Hi Muhammed,
That depends on if you use any copyrighted elements or not. As has been
stated before general ideas or concepts are not copyrighted. It is
specific
names, people, places, and things that are typically copyrighted by a game
manufacturer. In order to qualify for a copyright a story, game, etc has
to
have special elements that make it unique. Since you asked what is the
difference between my game, Tomb Hunter, and the Tomb Raider games by
Edos
Interactive here is a good example for legal comparison.
The Tomb Raider games feature stories surrounding an archeologist named
Dr.
Lara Croft, who lives in a mantion in London, and who
apparently has some sort of military or paramilitary background. She
was educated by her father in archeology, and was later trained by a Dr.
Von
Croy. Throughout the movies and games Lara Croft is well known to be a
fan
of Harly Davidson motor cycles. In any case there are a number of stories
involving Lara searching for some very specific artifact like the lost
scion
of Atlantice, a magic dagger, some very rare paintings the armour of
Thore,
whatever. Each story and character in the Tomb Raider games, movies, and
books are unique and are copyrighted.
In my own series, Tomb Hunter, I changed many of the copyrighted elements
that make Tomb Raider what it is. My main character is an American female
archeologist named Dr. Angela Carter. At this point I haven't gotten far
enough with her character profile to specify her likes/dislikes, who her
teachers were, nor can I fall back on years of previous background
information. Basically, she is a generic character until I write the
games
back story and give her a specific background and unique identity. In
other
words fill in all the missing blanks. I've got some basic ideas for the
back
story and character profile and it is different from that of Lara Croft.
So
legally she will be considered a separate creation from Edos Interactive's
main character.
Also as you probably well know I haven't used any of the Tomb Raider
background characters such as Lara's father, Natla, or Dr. Von Croy.
Removing these background characters from the scene makes my own game
project that much more different from the Tomb Raider games.
Finally, all of the characters and background story are my own creation.
Nobody can go after me for using centaurs, minotaurs, skeletons, whatever
because those are public domain. Same with the weapons used. Those are
public domain. So what if Lara Croft is often seen with an Uzi in her
hand
or uses an H&K MP5 in the Tomb Raider movies. There is no law saying I can
not give my character the same weapons, because those weapons are common
everyday items. They are generic public domain weapons that can't be
copyrighted by developer x. It would be different if I gave her a light
saber as that is a specific weapon used, only used, by Star Wars games,
movies, and books. You see the difference here?
On 4/19/10, Muhammed Deniz <muhamme...@googlemail.com> wrote:
Have to agree. Correct me on this. When I make a version or a clone of
a game like a video game, do I have to sell it for free? Like not
charge for it. But theirs one thing that I don't get though. Lets say
for an example, I think you kind of made a clome of tomb rater. The
weapons I think and you put it in to tomb hunter. Then how are you
gonna charge for the game? Just give me the right advice.
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