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Closepost=119781it would have been unconstitutional.Sorry to be picky, but the word you're looking for is "unlawful" or "illegal"; patents have nothing to do with any country's constitution.
Touche. But doesn't the country's constitution define what the legality is, to begin with? I mean in some countries you are forced to have a license while in other countries such as America, it's only limited to commercial usage. So I guess depending on the country it could be unconstitutional.
Dark Gaia
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Speaking of which, which country's copyright laws are RPG Maker programs governed under?
facesforce
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Ah, but this is trumped by one little thing called the international copyrights act of 1891. With the UN and 93% of the world's countries enforcing it, legality is not up for grabs or misinterpretation. The remaining 7% is the percent of countries that are either illiterate or too insignificant for an UN embassy to be set up.
Edit: Note that this is an estimate coming from the UN's bi-annual release of economic statistics.
Edit: Note that this is an estimate coming from the UN's bi-annual release of economic statistics.
Dark Gaia
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Hmm... I remember when Don Miguel was being charged by ASCII for copyright infringement back before 2k3 had come out and didn't he get the charges dropped by finding a loop hole in Russian copyright laws?
Obviously there are some grey areas when it comes to Rm legality.
Obviously there are some grey areas when it comes to Rm legality.
facesforce
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Russia has plenty of loop holes in its almost insane legal system. But, yeah. We can agree on that. Oh, and the copyright code changes per country, but not the actual laws. ASCII, being a Japanese company has Rm2k covered by japan, meaning the UN as a whole backs up their claims, but when it comes to Russia... Well, let's just say that they write solutions to other people's rules. So Don Miguel was sued? All I remember is that he made a quick exit after RM2k was released, like only about 6 or 7 months after release. Something like that anyways.
Dark Gaia
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He was sued but yeah as I said he found a loop hole which got him out of hot water. Then he quickly exited the community. This is why RPG Advocate translated 2k3, because Don refused to do so.
facesforce
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Well, it seems like both of them are things that disappeared with the advent of gamingw's fall.
facesforce
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That's the real punch line, isn't it? It seems that all the real action was happening when Gamingw was going strong, and the internet had hundreds of sites devoted to rm2k and their games. RMN here is basically a ghost of everything this community lived through and is slowly rebuilding its self. Well, I've got to get some Zs in for the night, so it has been nice talking to you Dark Gaia. Its nice to know that I am not the only person whom remembers this stuff. Well, good night.
Touche. But doesn't the country's constitution define what the legality is, to begin with? I mean in some countries you are forced to have a license while in other countries such as America, it's only limited to commercial usage. So I guess depending on the country it could be unconstitutional.
Variations in copyright laws by country, not necessarily related to a country's constitution. If all else fails, the UN is there. I'm not well versed in copyright laws, but a country's constitution probably has better stuff to worry about.
Speaking of which, which country's copyright laws are RPG Maker programs governed under?
Japan's copyright laws will apply as the programs were manufactured in Japan by companies based in Japan, I'm guessing.
Incidentally, why the hell does this look more like a public viewing of a stack of PMs rather than an actual topic?
facesforce
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post=119810Let me elaborate: All countries that cooperate with the UN have a copyright CODE. This is not a variation of the laws in question, but rather a re-telling if you will to make it seem the same and/or different. These laws are international laws, thus falling into the hands of both the UN and INTERPOL in question. The copyright code of the united states and japan are almost the same, as is the fact that we wrote their basic legal system with help of General MacArthur. With this as a hold, majority of the differences in the codes is mainly location, location, location. If you will, majority of them are the same with a few exceptions.
Variations in copyright laws by country, not necessarily related to a country's constitution. If all else fails, the UN is there. I'm not well versed in copyright laws, but a country's constitution probably has better stuff to worry about.
Japan's copyright laws will apply as the programs were manufactured in Japan by companies based in Japan, I'm guessing.
Also, I was pointing out how convenient the collapse of GW was to the decline of RM2k, thus making the legality very blurred as those whom did perform the translations, as they disappeared. Other than me noting how I need to sleep and creating a contrast to me and the person I was chatting with.
