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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 28th May 2005 14:15
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Hey all,
I was wondering if anyone knew if the copyright law in the US (and in most other developed countries, i would assume) is its illegal to even MAKE something based on copyrighted material, such as if i were to MAKE a star wars game and not distribute it, would it be copyright? Or is it if you DISTRIBUTE it, or is it only if you SELL it?

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Ace Of Spades
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Posted: 28th May 2005 14:39
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If you don't get caught, it's not illegal, no matter the case.


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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 28th May 2005 14:41
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Quote: "If you don't get caught, it's not illegal, no matter the case."

Yeah, lol, but if u do get caught, its illegal, and you can be fined thousands of dollars and be put in jail for up to 5 years, hehe.

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Jiffy
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Posted: 28th May 2005 16:46
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As for star wars, George Lucas does not mind if you make star wars based games, as long as you don't sell them. Some companies will, however forbid ANY reproduction of their material, sold or not sold, distributed or not.

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IanG
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Posted: 28th May 2005 21:52
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ask the legal bear - he knows these things

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Philip
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Posted: 29th May 2005 03:03
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The answer to your question is: creation. If you create a work which infringes a copyright work, you are in breach of the copyright in the original work.

Infringement occurs literally or non-literally. Literally is, as you might expect, the direct copying of a work. For example, by copying a computer file, by photocopying a page of text, etc. Non-literal copying is more complex but basically amounts to copying the idea and the "look and feel" of the original work.

Philip

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 29th May 2005 03:05
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Is this the LightBASIC semi-pro thing?

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Philip
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Posted: 29th May 2005 03:34
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IanM's DerkBasic Semi-Professional.

That was such a bad gag it even got a laugh from the Bambermeister himself as I recall.

Philip

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Mnemonix
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Posted: 29th May 2005 03:48
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I think it did...Bad gags are my favourite. It shows character
Dont ask me why.

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