Question about Texture and Copyrights
What are the rules when it comes to other games and textures to be used in UI's?
Exmaple: Devil May Cray.... Would i be able to rip a texture from a screen shot say like a Unite Frame for it to be used in a UI? Or maybe like the sword graphic for the button layout? Just want to make sure of the rules before I go and do it.. and that I am safe to assume it's ok as I have seen UI's that use stuff from screenshots in other games for WoW UI's Any help is welcome :). Rabbit |
Anybody :)?
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Ive had a few people that have had an issue with some of the interfaces that i have created (aion: tower of eternity, Hellgate London). Really if you give credit to the people who made the game and give links to the actual game i think its fine. I HIGHLY DOUBT any of those game creators would come sue u for making an interface out of their art.
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Well.. the issue for me is... it's not an actual UI i am wanting to put out there. I want to make art pack for people to use in there UI's :). Which I don't see an issue with that cause they could just download the UI and get the art if i did it as a UI sooo... Thanks Ell... wasn't quite sure..
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Rabbit007, you know as well as anyone that the real answer isn't on these forums. It's going to depend upon the license and any country-specific laws for the games/art that you have in mind.
WoWI or it's hosting provider or ISP may have their own terms - and perhaps they disallow uploading of copyrighted material where the license does not permit - to protect their own interests from any liability associated with secondary storage and distribution of copyrighted material. There is probably a post around here someplace, or perhaps it's part of the site's ToS that no one reads when they register a forum ID, which might answer the question from WoWI's perspective. |
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Edit: If you are unsure, check out R.I.G.H.T.S. (redistribution in graphics has to stop) For Artists. http://www.rightsforartists.com/ |
Thank you much for that... Looks like i am gonna have to learn how to do my own art.. if i can lol... anybody have any pointers to Tut's on using gimp for art creation and what not?
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You are not allowed to upload any art/font/code here where you don't have the explicit permission to do so. (Either because you are the author, the object allows it by its license or you have the permission from the original author.)
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So then i should just go ahead and take down my aion and hellgate interfaces?
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I suggest asking an admin by pm, e.g. cairenn http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/p...p?do=newpm&u=6
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So guess im in the clear |
Ummmm, mind sending that back to me, because I'd never just give a blanket statement throwing away copyright ...
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sent. My interfaces have been on the site for months now. I apparently isn't a problem at all seeming how ive even updated these uis since ive uploaded them. |
No where in those PMs did I say it was okay to ignore copyright ....
I can't post them without your permission, but to say I'm not happy with your public suggestion that I said it (copyright) didn't matter is to put it mildly. |
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Im sorry if I misunderstood you Cairenn. |
Confuses me also because of this:
Specifically in many of the addon licenses it says that you aren't allowed to distribute some of them without permission, and there are many many compilations that are distributing those addons on here all the time. I understand it's a copyright issue, but to not delete one and delete another hardly seems fair either. So i suppose they would have to make a decision on getting everyone to clean up ALL of their compilations in a certain amount of time to risk deletion. |
This sounds like something that needs to be discussed (Heavily) before it becomes a problem. Which from what i have noticed would be a HUGE hit to the compilations that are on this site as many reuse old textures and art from other UI's and Add-ons themselves are getting redistributed by people that aren't the authors of the said Art, Textures, Add-ons.
Now as I see it from the bit I have gathered or that i actually read... Unless the authors give the people of ALL the compilations to use there add-ons and artwork that they have created to redistribute in there own compilations. couldn't most the people on this site get into some serious trouble for the Compilations they have put up? I mean yeah Add-ons are out there for people to use free of charge... but i haven't seen anything about the Authors wanting and letting people redistribute there Add-ons through custom UI setups that aren't there own. Every author would have to put out a statement that it is ok by them for it to be done (Although i believe most don't really mind at all). This includes me as i have put UI Comps. up for people to use and download of add-ons and textures that aren't mine. I will wait and see what happens from this thread before i decide to take them down or not... (leaning towards taking them down now that people got me nervous lol). Most this stuff i didn't even know before now. Would like some more thought if able or see where this leads cause obviously this is something that need to be figured and probably rather quickly. Rabbit On a side note *Is this why Curse.com doesn't take Compilations anymore? I have tried uploading UI's to curse before and it said they do not take UI Compilations anymore. Though it seems some have been grandfathered in depending on who the person is* Just Curious on this part. |
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This is not meant to be a personal attack Elloria, and I'm deeply sorry if you take it that way. I just cannot get my head wrapped around the fact that it's very well known here that redistributing another authors UI or addon is a major no no and is grounds for getting yourself a ban, and yet some turn a blind eye to the other types of copyright infringement going on here. It baffles me and I seriously do not understand. |
I'm pretty much not sure that it's really fair to use Elloria as such an example when it wasn't was this thread was about to began with, couldn't this be better done through personal message. You know that even if you say it shouldn't, it's going to upset her because her stuff is the only stuff on this site everyone is saying anything about.
If you are that passionate about copyright, then I honestly think that you need to take a look at the (as only one example), the license for every button facade skin that are uploaded with packages. Give everyone a timeline to clean up their packages. Their were questions raised when her UI's went up here and now it's a big deal again? By what you say it shouldn't be allowed at all. And if you call her out on it, then many other things need to be looked at too. This is an amazing website, this is why we come here. Do i think that the people from those video games are going to start suing people? No, I really don't. However, I do think that if nothing is going to be done about something, then why keep bringing it up? I'm not trying to be rude in any way. I love this website and respect very much the people who make it what it is. But I do think that this is being handled in the totally wrong way. Easily by personal message you could say the things you need to say. And whether or not Elloria was told that she didn't need to do anything about asking permission for the art in her packages, she was shown she didn't need simply by them being here. |
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While I may not agree, I still respect your opinion, and your views are still just as important as they were before you replied to my post. |
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