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Duke Blue Devils
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Is it legal to make a game based off a movie? Can I just change names and stuff and make it legal? I'm thinking of making a Mission Impossible 3 game.


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Wyatt Earp
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Posted: 19th May 2006 04:06
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It depends on who you ask, and how much money you got.

Quick answer is-

If it is a FREE game, then they dont care, they may, depending on the content, but generally, they couldnt care less.

If you plan on releasing it commercially, then you cannot. You'd drown in court costs before you could even make a plea.
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Lucifer
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Posted: 19th May 2006 04:14
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if its a comercial game, then you would have to pay them royality fees..

juice is made from oranges....

http://whatishl.ytmnd.com/ so friggin funny!
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Doom
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Posted: 19th May 2006 06:08
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Duke, arnt you suppose to be in court.

good game.

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Duke Blue Devils
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Posted: 19th May 2006 06:37
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@Doom
LOL


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lilgamz
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Posted: 19th May 2006 06:59 Edited at: 19th May 2006 07:01
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Go ahead and make the game if you want. Would you be infringing on trademarks and copyrights? Probably. Especially if you use their stuff. (music etc.)

But they (universal, disney) wont care. Unless you start selling it or slandering the company or its management or stockholders or something.

If its just fan fiction they would probably shrug it off.

If its great, who knows? you could get yourself a job.

Copywrite laws are pretty straightforward: if you dont make it,buy it, or pay someone to do it, it isnt yours. Period.

That means you cant even record or copy a bit of someone elses work.

You are allowed some leeway on the trademark bits especially if you are making a parody.

So if you were making "Mission Impossible 4: Converting everyone to scientology or Mission Impossible : Getting me to go to another stinker tom cruise movie after war of the worlds and 3:"

That would be ok.

Get it?
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Duke Blue Devils
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Posted: 19th May 2006 07:11 Edited at: 19th May 2006 07:12
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Thanks lilgamz
good points


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lilgamz
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Some time ago I made a shockwave game for "The Passion" movie.

http://littlegamz.net/gamz/passionvideogame.swf

It didnt really catch on though and so far mel hasnt sued.
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Lucifer
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have you ever seen www.newgrounds.com ?? they have millions, and i mean it, millions of parodys of EVERYTHING, and well, tom, the owner of the page, he hasnt ever been sued, movie producers dont give a flying banana about flash movies

juice is made from oranges....

http://whatishl.ytmnd.com/ so friggin funny!
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