Hi Tom, You're correct. To state it in a different way, general copyright states that ideas, including quotes, cannot be copyrighted. Copyrights must be on tangible items. For instance, if someone else makes a first-person shooter, I can't claim copyright infringement just because BPC has a first-person shooter. However, if it bares the name "Treasure Hunt" and has my character in it, that is valid grounds for a case. Munawar A. Bijani blog: http://munawar0009.blogspot.com http://www.bpcprograms.com Follow on Twitter for blog updates: http://www.twitter.com/munawar0009
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 2:18 PM To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] using a program called art money for game cheating. Hi Shaun, I'm not an expert on copyright law, but I know enough there is a clear line between originality and copyright infringement. By and large you can't copyright anything that is common and is not unique such as weapons like swords, guns, missile launchers, etc. Even a game as long as it contains mostly original content is protected under the fair use copyright laws. Mysteris of the Ancients was inspired by the Tomb Raider games, but is protected under the fair use laws because I never used the Tomb Raider logos and trade marks, did not use Lara Croft, or any character from the Tomb Raider games/books/movies. As a result in the eyes of the law it is an original product even though it is obvious that it is inspired by Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, Rogue Angel, and other books/movies of the same genre. What can be copyrighted are characters with a unique background story, a specific trade mark held by person x, unique weapons such as a light saber that is tied to a certain trade mark, and so on. So we have to be careful to use only generic or common content and not stray too far into specific copyrights and trade marks. HTH --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
