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Random Messages Thread: Episode XII riPepperonis

Who is to blame for new RM?


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Lysson

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I thought only ROM hacks were forbidden? Since fangames are harmless because the makers don't make any profit or do anything wrong whereas ROM hacks require you to do something illegal.
I'm obviously not debating bulba's rules it's just that I thought only ROM hacks were forbidden and not fangames.
 

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Fangames are technically illegal due to copyright and trademarks and all that <censored>.
 
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I'm so tired.
Zzzz
 
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I saw someone cosplaying Karkat today, I need to try cosplaying sometime
 

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Fangames are technically illegal due to copyright and trademarks and all that <censored>.

That's true but so is fan art :p copyright is so damned complicated.

You should see the law on theft, picking up an item in a store is technically stealing but it's only because you intend to buy it that you're not arrested.
Oh law, bby, y u do dis.
 

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I want to cosplay as link or fi because WOW those costumes on Etsy look cool.
 

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The majority of characters I want to cosplay are male .-.
And cosplay is really costly. Maybe I'll just cosplay as myself ;)
 

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I probably told y'all about my own cosplay experience, where, last Halloween, I dressed up as Quote from Cave Story and was told that I looked like "Mario Kart". This year I'll probably go as Fox/Falco's shine from Melee, because it's easy as hell to make (it's literally two blue hexagons) and because if anybody gets the reference then I will have found a new scrub to get destroyed by.
 

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Fangames are technically illegal due to copyright and trademarks and all that <censored>.

That's true but so is fan art :p copyright is so damned complicated.
Yup. Technically, Fanfiction also come under that category... Heck, Whoever owns the Pokemon copyright could have a field day with the fanfiction and fan art sections of this forum if they want :p But most companies tend to ignore fanfiction, and some even embrace it. I have heard of one or two cases of a copyright owner going after a fanfic/fanfilm though.
 

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Fangames are technically illegal due to copyright and trademarks and all that <censored>.

That's true but so is fan art :p copyright is so damned complicated.
Yup. Technically, Fanfiction also come under that category... Heck, Whoever owns the Pokemon copyright could have a field day with the fanfiction and fan art sections of this forum if they want :p But most companies tend to ignore fanfiction, and some even embrace it. I have heard of one or two cases of a copyright owner going after a fanfic/fanfilm though.

There are probably fun ways to abuse fair use laws though. Make a drawing of a Pokemon but make the head oversized, call it parody, and boom! You're in the clear. I think. I'm not a copyright lawyer.
 

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I think. I'm not a copyright lawyer.

If either of us cared enough about it, we could easily do a google search to find the information... But... :p

Either way, I don't think Nintendo or whoever owns the copyright has ever gone after people for fanfiction and fanart. There was that drama regarding youtube earlier, but other than that...
 

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I think. I'm not a copyright lawyer.

If either of us cared enough about it, we could easily do a google search to find the information... But... :p

Either way, I don't think Nintendo or whoever owns the copyright has ever gone after people for fanfiction and fanart. There was that drama regarding youtube earlier, but other than that...
Yeah, other than the Youtube fiasco, Nintendo's been pretty lenient regarding their copyright for the most part. Maybe because they know that they're an iconic company who creates iconic games that are almost universally well-regarded by people of all ages, they realize that people will make fangames and fanart. There is one situation in which Nintendo caused the near-death of a Brawl mod I'm particularly fond of, but even then Nintendo didn't C&D the creators and are still letting the game exist.
 

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Nintendo does love to screw with YouTube, that's for sure
 

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I don't understand why Nintendo are a bunch of sticklers when it comes to Youtube.
 

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YouTube represents the world. Gagnam style is what every one wants to watch.
 

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There is one situation in which Nintendo caused the near-death of a Brawl mod I'm particularly fond of, but even then Nintendo didn't C&D the creators and are still letting the game exist.
project m has been erased from everyone's memories all major tournaments ever
 

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There is one situation in which Nintendo caused the near-death of a Brawl mod I'm particularly fond of, but even then Nintendo didn't C&D the creators and are still letting the game exist.
project m has been erased from everyone's memories all major tournaments ever

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you said the p word
you must now repent before the gods smite you
 

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I've been smitten before
 
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