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In the near future a computer game will be released that allows users to create their own content which can then be put online for other players to use. The game, when shipped, will be based on material from a copyrighted source.
The stance the game developers have taken on the copyright laws surrounding their game is that players can create content but can't make money from their creations.
My main question is whether players would be able to use other copyrighted material as sources for content within their creations without breaking laws. Does the breaking of a copyright law hinge on the making of money, or does public display of copyrighted material ( in part or in full ) constitute a copyright violation?
Also, within a specific creation of an individual player there would be specific characters and story events that would be unique to their creation. Would this content fall under the protection of copyright law even if they are not making money from it. Or would this content have to have been published in some other form first, and adapted to the game to receive copyright protection?
Is a simple statement of the copyright all that is required for works of literature, like a circled c on paintings, or is the process different for written art.
The stance the game developers have taken on the copyright laws surrounding their game is that players can create content but can't make money from their creations.
My main question is whether players would be able to use other copyrighted material as sources for content within their creations without breaking laws. Does the breaking of a copyright law hinge on the making of money, or does public display of copyrighted material ( in part or in full ) constitute a copyright violation?
Also, within a specific creation of an individual player there would be specific characters and story events that would be unique to their creation. Would this content fall under the protection of copyright law even if they are not making money from it. Or would this content have to have been published in some other form first, and adapted to the game to receive copyright protection?
Is a simple statement of the copyright all that is required for works of literature, like a circled c on paintings, or is the process different for written art.