It's LEGAL to use my site as scenary for a game?
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Hi everyone,
I'm wondering if it's legal to use my city (Capital Federal, Argentina) as a enviroment for my game; I can get sued? I mean, I saw the texas masacre and I think no one got sued for that, or Roswell; right?
It can happens?
Different cities around the world have different policies. For instance, IIRC, it's ok to use Paris, but it's not ok to destroy monuments at runtime. i.e. you can have a pristine Eiffel tower or a destroyed one but the player cannot see it get destoyed.
The complexity is that there is no uniform copyright law that holds internationally. Different countries have different laws so you have to essentially obey the law of the country whose city you are displaying.
-me
The complexity is that there is no uniform copyright law that holds internationally. Different countries have different laws so you have to essentially obey the law of the country whose city you are displaying.
-me
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Quote:Original post by Palidine
The complexity is that there is no uniform copyright law that holds internationally. Different countries have different laws so you have to essentially obey the law of the country whose city you are displaying.
-me
Thanks for your answer Palidine!!!! it's of a great help!
It isn't just the government, it is the buisnesses, the people who own landmark buildings, etc. This is an extremely messy question in general.
the moral of this story is, you can use the layout of a city for your game, just dont destroy anything that can get you in trouble ;)
Using names on the buildings could get you trouble. Mess with the signs so you don't get sued. For instance if a building says, Mc'Donalds, change it to something else.
Quote:Original post by SirisianYou can be sued for messing with signs too, so the best answer is "don't do it."
[...]Mess with the signs so you don't get sued.[...]
Quote:Original post by Extrarius
You can be sued for messing with signs too, so the best answer is "don't do it."
Wow, talk about ridiculous lawsuits. Fortunately, that case was thrown out rather quickly.
Quote:Original post by lightbringerMaybe so, but you still need lawyers to argue that the case should be thrown out and you don't get a free one for civil law cases.Quote:Original post by Extrarius
You can be sued for messing with signs too, so the best answer is "don't do it."
Wow, talk about ridiculous lawsuits. Fortunately, that case was thrown out rather quickly.
That spiderman billboard is completely different idea than what I meant. I mean do what a lot of games do. You make a city that looks like the real thing but every building is around the same purpose just different. So like instead of the Mc'Donald arches you might have a W and call it Wc'Burger or something almost completely different but with the same role. I think GTA did this sometimes.
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