What I was considering doing was making a game that uses similar game
play to an existing game.  This game's newest version is only
available to console gamers.  In fact, the most recent PC version is
around 10 years old.

I guess I'll just have to use a different name, and not copy their
models directly (was planning on redesign anyways).


On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 10:32:33 -0500, Jorge Rodriguez
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2004 at 08:26:40PM -0500, <SB> Childe Roland wrote:
>
>
> > I was wondering if anyone here has tried to do a mod based off of an
> > existing game/movie/book/etc.  Have you had trouble with the
> > creaters/rights owners?  I would think since we're not charging for
> > the mods, that we would have no problem.  If anyone can help me by
> > sharing their experiences and/or knowledge I would greatly appreciate
> > it.
> >
> >
> >
> > --Thanks
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> > <SB> Childe Roland
> > "I will show you fear in a handful of jelly beans."
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> At The Specialists, we have never heard any word from the makers of
> Face/Off or The Hitman or The Matrix for using their characters, but I
> do know that the once "Matrix Mod" had to change their name to
> "Existence Mod" because Warner Brothers came around shaking their
> lawyers at them.
>
> Sure, we don't do this for profit, but that doesn't mean that we aren't
> taking away the profit of these companies, because people play our free
> games rather then their costly games which use the characters that they
> created and own without a license, and they don't like that one bit.
>
> --
> Jorge "Vino" Rodriguez
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