How will they deal with copywrite issues?

Abaddon · Sep 01, 2008, 05:07 AM

An by this, I mean people creating and then the distribution of creatures created to look like copywrited things.

Pokemon, Cartoons, etc, etc.. how is this game going to avoid lawsuits?

salty mud · Sep 01, 2008, 08:24 AM

The people make them, so the people will get sued, if action is taken. That's the way I see it.

Bigfoot3814 · Sep 01, 2008, 08:30 AM

Are the individuals who use Spore to make pokemon making any money off of them? If not, then it shouldn't matter. You can't sue every kid who says OMG I MUST MAEK POKEMANS! It's like suing for copyright infringement when some little boy draws a picture and puts it up on his refrigerator. Except now that refrigerator is the entire world.

Chieftess · Sep 01, 2008, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by salty mud

The people make them, so the people will get sued, if action is taken. That's the way I see it.

I think it might be a bit harder to determine if it's intentional infringement. What if a kid tries to create a yellow ostrich, only to have it looking like a chocobo? What if another kid were to take a copyrighted creature, not knowing it's copyrighted, and reuploads it with a minor change?

JtheJackal · Sep 01, 2008, 09:06 AM

The worse that will happen is that they will be removed from the Spore website, that's it.

leonel · Sep 01, 2008, 12:25 PM

I doubt anything serious will happen. As JtheJackal said, the worst that'll happen is that they'll be taken down by EA.

GoodGame · Sep 01, 2008, 01:39 PM

I agree with leonel. If you recall the SporeCC EULA, it strictly states anything you make with it is property of Maxis/EA. So it's too easy for EA to delete anything from the public Sporepedia, upon the request of the copyright holder. It's debatable but most stuff created is actually limited to the pieces of the of the creator program, and used in the context of Spore, so most resemblances are just that.

QwertyKey · Sep 01, 2008, 01:50 PM

The only one who would get sued would be EA, at which point they'd take down whatever it was, and that'd be it. Something like that would be more along the lines of the legality of a BitTorrent tracker.

Lord_Iggy · Sep 01, 2008, 03:13 PM

Yep, that's the upside of them legally owning the creatures we make- we cannot be held legally responsible.

Abaddon · Sep 01, 2008, 04:14 PM

Thats what i meant.. are they going to employ an army of people to search through all new entries? Theres zillions!

Bigfoot3814 · Sep 01, 2008, 04:23 PM

Maybe just no one will care.

salty mud · Sep 01, 2008, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigfoot3814

Maybe just no one will care.

That would be what you would expect. But in today's money grabbing society, if someone can thieve a bit of money of someone, they will do it unfortunately.

Bigfoot3814 · Sep 01, 2008, 04:27 PM

I'm sure Maxis or whoever has some sort of plan or procedure in place. It can't be that Abaddon is the only person to ever think of this possibilty.

Abaddon · Sep 02, 2008, 08:42 AM

Oh I am sure.. I am just curious how they are going about it (along with removing all the penis monsters)

Sep 01, 2008, 05:07 AM	#1
Abaddon Caprine Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NuZee Posts: 23,867	How will they deal with copywrite issues? An by this, I mean people creating and then the distribution of creatures created to look like copywrited things. Pokemon, Cartoons, etc, etc.. how is this game going to avoid lawsuits? __________________ I'm now away from CFC, travelling until June 2010. Those who matter to me here should know who they are, an you will continue to be in my thoughts. Good luck See ya on the flipside!

Sep 01, 2008, 08:30 AM	#3
Bigfoot3814 I Get You Where You Live Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Posts: 6,534	Are the individuals who use Spore to make pokemon making any money off of them? If not, then it shouldn't matter. You can't sue every kid who says OMG I MUST MAEK POKEMANS! It's like suing for copyright infringement when some little boy draws a picture and puts it up on his refrigerator. Except now that refrigerator is the entire world. __________________ We got 250,000 watts of soul powah, and we gonna soul your mind! If we could all just get together and groove with one another, everything'd be awrite! "Undaunted, slightly ridiculous, unbelievably fatheaded - and yet at the same time curiously noble - as he fights forward... Mankind, we salute you!" -Jean Shepherd \| <Catharsis>: Funkracy sounds like a new world order with Bigfoot in charge CFC STEAM Group!~Outlaw X~Funky President~Hillary/Bigfoot '08~Be IBTL~Instructions To Everything~It's Alright To Cry~Barres De La Prison-Canray Fontenot~Goin' Down to the River - Mississippi Fred McDowell~On The Road Again - Canned Heat~None Of Us Are Free - Solomon Burke~Pizza Hut Taco Bell - Das Racist

Sep 01, 2008, 09:06 AM	#5
JtheJackal Emperor Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,129	The worse that will happen is that they will be removed from the Spore website, that's it. __________________ "Terrifying Sea Monster Turns Out To Be Even More Terrifying Amphibious Monster" -The Onion

Sep 01, 2008, 12:25 PM	#6
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GoodGame Red, White, & Blue, baby! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,382	I agree with leonel. If you recall the SporeCC EULA, it strictly states anything you make with it is property of Maxis/EA. So it's too easy for EA to delete anything from the public Sporepedia, upon the request of the copyright holder. It's debatable but most stuff created is actually limited to the pieces of the of the creator program, and used in the context of Spore, so most resemblances are just that. __________________ Ways to be banned from RL: Heart disease, Cancer, Strokes, Chronic Respiratory diseases, Accidents, Diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, the Flu, kidney disease, infection,... Warning: User cites from the Internet. Citing from the Internet has been proven to unimpress some teachers.

Sep 01, 2008, 08:24 AM	#2
salty mud HOLY DOOLEY! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: England Posts: 3,041 Images: 2	The people make them, so the people will get sued, if action is taken. That's the way I see it.

Sep 01, 2008, 01:50 PM	#8
QwertyKey Warlord Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 167	The only one who would get sued would be EA, at which point they'd take down whatever it was, and that'd be it. Something like that would be more along the lines of the legality of a BitTorrent tracker.

Sep 01, 2008, 03:13 PM	#9
Lord_Iggy The Conqueror Worm Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Yukon Posts: 17,810	Yep, that's the upside of them legally owning the creatures we make- we cannot be held legally responsible. __________________ LINESII Update 33 Progress: 22% My other house is a tesseract.

Sep 01, 2008, 04:14 PM	#10
Abaddon Caprine Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NuZee Posts: 23,867	Thats what i meant.. are they going to employ an army of people to search through all new entries? Theres zillions! __________________ I'm now away from CFC, travelling until June 2010. Those who matter to me here should know who they are, an you will continue to be in my thoughts. Good luck See ya on the flipside!

Sep 01, 2008, 04:23 PM	#11
Bigfoot3814 I Get You Where You Live Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Posts: 6,534	Maybe just no one will care. __________________ We got 250,000 watts of soul powah, and we gonna soul your mind! If we could all just get together and groove with one another, everything'd be awrite! "Undaunted, slightly ridiculous, unbelievably fatheaded - and yet at the same time curiously noble - as he fights forward... Mankind, we salute you!" -Jean Shepherd \| <Catharsis>: Funkracy sounds like a new world order with Bigfoot in charge CFC STEAM Group!~Outlaw X~Funky President~Hillary/Bigfoot '08~Be IBTL~Instructions To Everything~It's Alright To Cry~Barres De La Prison-Canray Fontenot~Goin' Down to the River - Mississippi Fred McDowell~On The Road Again - Canned Heat~None Of Us Are Free - Solomon Burke~Pizza Hut Taco Bell - Das Racist

Sep 01, 2008, 04:27 PM	#13
Bigfoot3814 I Get You Where You Live Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell Posts: 6,534	I'm sure Maxis or whoever has some sort of plan or procedure in place. It can't be that Abaddon is the only person to ever think of this possibilty. __________________ We got 250,000 watts of soul powah, and we gonna soul your mind! If we could all just get together and groove with one another, everything'd be awrite! "Undaunted, slightly ridiculous, unbelievably fatheaded - and yet at the same time curiously noble - as he fights forward... Mankind, we salute you!" -Jean Shepherd \| <Catharsis>: Funkracy sounds like a new world order with Bigfoot in charge CFC STEAM Group!~Outlaw X~Funky President~Hillary/Bigfoot '08~Be IBTL~Instructions To Everything~It's Alright To Cry~Barres De La Prison-Canray Fontenot~Goin' Down to the River - Mississippi Fred McDowell~On The Road Again - Canned Heat~None Of Us Are Free - Solomon Burke~Pizza Hut Taco Bell - Das Racist

Sep 02, 2008, 08:42 AM	#14
Abaddon Caprine Savant Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: NuZee Posts: 23,867	Oh I am sure.. I am just curious how they are going about it (along with removing all the penis monsters) __________________ I'm now away from CFC, travelling until June 2010. Those who matter to me here should know who they are, an you will continue to be in my thoughts. Good luck See ya on the flipside!

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