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AGS Support => Beginners' Technical Questions => Topic started by: kantor_98 on Mon 13/11/2006 09:21:19

Title: Legal stuff
Post by: kantor_98 on Mon 13/11/2006 09:21:19
If somebody post here a game, for example, or a demo. Is there a protection considering the author copywrights ? How can he /she be sure that somebody else will not use his characters name or story or something else ?
Title: Re: Legal stuff
Post by: SSH on Mon 13/11/2006 09:50:03
You have copyright protection automatically on anything you publish. It is up to you to defend that in court, but to be honest, I don't think anyone has ever really ripped anyone off directly in AGS like that.
Title: Re: Legal stuff
Post by: Khris on Mon 13/11/2006 09:51:28
As long as you didn't steal yourself (e.g. use ripped sprites from another game), everything you publish is automatically protected by copyright.

About your second question: You can't be sure. If you don't want somebody to steal your stuff, don't publish it.
Title: Re: Legal stuff
Post by: kantor_98 on Mon 13/11/2006 10:05:37
about: "If you don't want somebody to steal your stuff, don't publish it.": HA HA ! That's a good one.
Title: Re: Legal stuff
Post by: Khris on Mon 13/11/2006 11:07:52
That's what you get for asking stupid questions: stupid answers.
What did you expect? Some magic spell that prevents people from stealing stuff from a game they downloaded?
Title: Re: Legal stuff
Post by: Ashen on Mon 13/11/2006 12:03:15
Since this doesn't belong in Beginner's Tech anyway, please continue this in the one you started in General Discusson (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=29052.0).