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rampeer said:
Ouch. I don't feel that good about indie game dev anymore.
Hahah, no, this is standard stuff! Looking at contracts, advice regarding IP rights, that sort of thing!
Tom Sloper said:
My assumption (unwarranted) was that there was a contract matter - either an opportunity or a problem.
There …
Thaumaturge said:
Now, you mention that price is an obstacle--and believe me, I very much sympathise. That said, since this is for an engine demo, it seems to me that you might be able to keep the scope small and thus perhaps reduce the number of assets required.
That is potentially possible. I reall…
There's a clear violation if it has an active trademark and is in active use. It is lower risk if it has been dead for decades. But regardless of what name you choose, the risk of lawsuit is not zero. It can never be reduced to zero risk.
4 hours ago, BlueFlute said:Lets say you make the super villain name: "Varth Dador"....but he looks identical to Darth Vador. This I'm pretty sure would raise flags, (I'm no expert), but if there are super close similarities involved your going to be infringing upon a copyright. (…
Again, thank you very much for your help.
Here are the 2 links to Mona's vitally important articles:
What Happens When You Don't Have a Written Agreement
Part 1: Contract Basics https://www.gamedev.net/blogs/entry/225…
Legal firm Morrison Rothman have announced that they will be offering free legal services to qualifying indie developers as part of their new "Jump Start Program".
Further details are still to be provided, but we currently know that the firm will be starting out offering pro bono (free) se…
Legal firm Morrison Rothman have announced that they will be offering free legal services to qualifying indie developers as part of their new "Jump Start Program".
Further details are still to be provided, but we currently know that the firm will be starting out offering pro bono (free) serv…
The other way round it is also disrespectful to us when people taking our work we invested time and money and throw it out with their own sticker on top to earn money without even granting us some support for what we do.
If you're referring to when a company takes a permissively licensed progr…
Yeah, good point. Even if I was undercut, it would validate interest in the game and i could then maybe go an make my own improved version from the ground up.
Thanks!
If in doubt, use a large site like turbosquid, and pay something for the models.
They have some very expensive models on there, but also some very good ones for pocket change.
Most of my 3D models in my game come from there and/or are kitbashes of stuff on there. Because you've paid them…
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(Note about the facebook post example, that's also a borderline case, too. The more specific it is, the worse it is for the agreement. Posting on a facebook page of his former job members would be a no-no. Posting on a facebook page of his school alumni would be a little better. Not posting at …
11 hours ago, GameDevRT said:The user can play the music while playing the game during online multiplayer too. If the user hosts a server, he/she can play the loaded audio files from his/her computer, if the user is a client then there is an option to send the user's audio files a…
Being able to show you were the developer is not the hard part.
You must actually file a lawsuit against the person/group, then convince the judge that the case is worth hearing, and THEN you need to demonstrate ownership, and finally demonstrate damages.
If you can't afford the other st…
thank u guys, contacted Cartoon Network and yea, they only give rights to the ones they request to make a game based on their shows. Anyways, started another project, "Jack's Pumpkin". :)) hope i won't get any problems with these too.
thank u for getting me informed 'bout all the stuff, now…
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On 12/13/2017 at 5:26 AM, mub said:I've read that it's a bad idea to use brand names in a game.
My game character says "I like the movie Idiocrazy."
Is this already illegal? or sue-able?
Simply referencing a product or service in cont…
The best approach is to not hire or collaborate with people that you don't trust. There is no good way of working with someone in these conditions. Once they start committing code it is impractical to be able to 'unpick' it later if it turns out that there is a legal problem.
You can get him…
On 11/16/2017 at 4:58 PM, LorenzoGatti said:... remember that your business is selling a game engine to the largest possible number of well-behaved B's, not wasting effort on quantitatively unimportant and/or imaginary pirates like B1 and D.
That totally sounds reasonable…