Hi Ryan,
Technically yes, but there are fair use exceptions that may protect you
from a law suit. If you published your Super Mario as non-prophet,
educational software, with disclaimers there is a very large chance
someone like Nintendo would leave you alone. Usually most copyright
Hi Ryan,
Pretty much. If you change the names of characters, use generic
characters, and remove the more copyright elements from a game company x
can eat rice cakes.
For example, on the USA Games list I stated if Phil removed the names
for the gosts, ccat, and Dobbi and called them mail ghost,
Copyrights and Commercial Games
by Thomas Ward
March 14, 2008
When I first began writing my own accessible games in 2004 I had many
dreams of
creating games like Tomb Raider, Star Wars, Star Trek, etc and selling
them. I honestly
hadn't thought much about the copyright issues involved in
So, let's say I wanted to take super mario brothers, port it to vb6,
clearly state that Nintendo did all the ideas, and all I did was make
it accessible, I could then be sued for copyright infringement? Thanks
-Ryan Smith
www.rsgames.co.nr
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Hi,
So according to my understanding, instead of let's say using a goomba
as an enemy, I can call him let's say stompy, and Nintendo can eat
rice cakes? lol
-Ryan
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So, let's say I wanted to take super mario brothers, port
