BoA Potion Pictures... Are they legal?
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Agent
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written Monday, June 14 2004 07:30
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Do any of you know if the new potion pictures for BoA are legal, because they are exactly the same as another game I have, right down to pixel. The game is called 'DUNGEON ODDESSY', and it's from a completely different company. I'm just wondering if Malfador Machinations knows about this... and what would happen if they found out. :confused: -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Avernum?" ~ Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). -------------------- MY FORUM! Randomosity at it's highest! :) Posts: 1370 | Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00 |
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Skip to My Lou
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written Monday, June 14 2004 07:48
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I'm betting that nobody really cares. Besides the fact that those graphics were probably either free or Jeff obtained permission to use them. -------------------- Take the Personality Test! Deep down, you wish you were a stick figure. Posts: 1629 | Registered: Wednesday, October 3 2001 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Monday, June 14 2004 08:02
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quote:I know, but it would be a shame if Jeff bought them from some idiot who was out to make some money and gets sued from it - think - no more brilliant games... -------------------- "You dare Trifle with Avernum?" ~ Erika the Archmage -------------------- My Scenarios: Undead Valley : A small Undead problem, what could possibly go wrong? -------------------- Richard Black - PROOF of his existance (the Infernal one's website). -------------------- MY FORUM! Randomosity at it's highest! :) Posts: 1370 | Registered: Thursday, June 10 2004 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, June 14 2004 08:25
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They're make by Andrew Hunter, right? Ander Hunter freelance-works for SpidWeb, right? Jeff's the founder of SpidWeb, right? So, Andrew works for Jeff, right? Yeah, he's got the permissions. -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, June 14 2004 08:55
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They also appear as the Tk graphic tiles for various *band variants (Ang, Zang, Kang). My guess is they're freely available to anyone who wants to use them, but I don't know that for sure. Posts: 10 | Registered: Saturday, September 21 2002 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Monday, June 14 2004 09:02
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Hngh? Well, the old graphics are Andrew's for sure, and the credits clearly state that the new ones would be too.. :/ -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, June 14 2004 13:00
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I seem to recall hearing, a few years ago, that Spiderweb buys it's graphics from another company or individual. But it doesn't buy the sole rights to those graphics, just permission to use them in a game or games, possibly. I've seen a handful of other shareware or low-budget games with the same graphics over the years. Of course, I could be wrong. I'd like to hear the details about it from Jeff, if he happens to drop in. [ Monday, June 14, 2004 13:01: Message edited by: Cole ] Posts: 5 | Registered: Monday, August 12 2002 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Tuesday, June 15 2004 06:05
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Why do I even bother to type my messages seeings as you clearly don't read them.. That all mysterious invidual = Andrew Hunter (readm y first post, thx). Andrew worked for whatever company before Jeff found out of him, yeah, and probably still works. -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, June 15 2004 15:11
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From the website, About Us page: quote:This is presumably the arrangement they buy all pictures under, so Jeff gets the rights to use the pictures however he wants to without paying royalties, and presumably (since they're non-royalty) the artist retains the rights to them too. TGM: Actually, phrasing it that way ("Andrew works for Jeff") is misleading...Andrew creates graphics and JV buys some of them, but Andrew isn't part of SW. And Cole, it says all that stuff about buying other folks' graphics in the instruction manuals (which I'd quote, except they aren't on this comp). -------------------- There are two kinds of game players...those who are newbies, and those who were. Posts: 322 | Registered: Monday, April 12 2004 07:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, June 16 2004 07:19
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quote:Everybody (who bothered to read my posts, that is) got my message, without you trying to be witty. That is all. :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 972 | Registered: Tuesday, October 28 2003 08:00 |