A copyright question? Topic

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05/22/2015 03:01 AM

Do fan drawn tilesets/sprites and so on based on poplure games such as pokemon and other rpg like games count as copyright infrengment?

Zachary_Braun

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05/22/2015 03:32 AM

Hi Kargan,

If the sprites were originally from a commercial game, and were only edited, then they're still the original property of the commercial game, and it's copyright infringement. If they were drawn from scratch, it's not.

Liberty

RTP Princess

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05/22/2015 04:08 AM

That said, if you draw a Pikachu from scratch and add it into a commercial game, since the creature in question is owned by Nintendo, they can make you remove it because you're using a trademarked character of theirs. If it's recognisably something that belongs to someone else, it can be tricky. If it's just a style, though, then it should be fine.

Kargan3033

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05/22/2015 01:19 PM

I see, thank you for your input Zachary, Liberty

But if I used a fan drawn pokemon tile set in a non commercial game then would that be a copyright infringment?

unity

You're magical to me.

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05/22/2015 01:22 PM

author=Kargan3033
I see, thank you for your input Zachary, Liberty

But if I used a fan drawn pokemon tile set in a non commercial game then would that be a copyright infringment?

If you aren't selling it, then you are likely in the clear. Nintendo could theoretically ask you to cease and desist, but there are plenty of free-to-play Pokemon games on the site already, so you're probably fine, as far as I know ^_^

LightningLord2

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05/22/2015 03:42 PM

I heard Nintendo fully permits any kind of fangames with their IPs if they're not sold.

Kargan3033

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05/22/2015 08:30 PM

Ok then, thank you unity and LightingLord2 for the info

If either of you don't mind me asking where can I find some good NO RIP/Fan Drawn pokemoon tile sets?

Been looking high and low and I can seem to find them.

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