Legal stuff

[kantor_98]

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 ?

[SSH]

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.

[Khris]

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.

[kantor_98]

about: "If you don't want somebody to steal your stuff, don't publish it.": HA HA ! That's a good one.

[Khris]

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?

[Ashen]

Since this doesn't belong in Beginner's Tech anyway, please continue this in the one you started in General Discusson.