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Re: Question about infringement of copyright (mod please?)

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75x is not online. 75x
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30 Mar 2014 12:20 PM
The other day I saw a Star Wars game rise close to the top of the Games page for a few hours. The owner had over a million place visits altogether and OBC, meaning he could easily use DevEx. It got me thinking, so I took a little stroll over to the government to read about what Fair Use is again.

"The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes"

""nonprofit""

So... Now I'm confused. Does Catching Fire, a game so clearly deviating from a large blockbuster/novel franchise break this law? SmoothBlockModel has clearly made a lot of money off of it, and he doesn't even credit the original source material.

I'm probably wrong, but I just need this to be cleared up for me. I'm in no way trying to offend game developers who work hard on making their games fun, I was just wanting to make sure no one was infringing these copyright laws.
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PinkLover44 is not online. PinkLover44
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30 Mar 2014 12:23 PM
DONT TRY TO GET CATCHING FIRE BANNED!!! ITS MY FAV GAME AND DOESNT BREAK LAWS SO STOP
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75x is not online. 75x
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30 Mar 2014 12:26 PM
PinkLover, I'm not trying to get anyone banned, I was just confused.
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epikrika8332 is not online. epikrika8332
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30 Mar 2014 12:26 PM
I hope catching fire does get removed. It's a horrible game.
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Nuclearized is not online. Nuclearized
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30 Mar 2014 12:28 PM
Hmmm good question!
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LookBehindya is not online. LookBehindya
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30 Mar 2014 12:28 PM
1. I agree with the OP.
2. Catching Fire is a terrible game.
3. The question he asked is a good one indeed.
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goku19876 is online. goku19876
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30 Mar 2014 12:29 PM
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LookBehindya is not online. LookBehindya
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30 Mar 2014 12:31 PM
Goku, That's very racist.
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BaconParadox is not online. BaconParadox
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30 Mar 2014 12:32 PM
But its true

ATR too safe.
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75x is not online. 75x
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30 Mar 2014 12:32 PM
It's actually kind of funny how no mods have cleared this up yet. Either they're preparing to respond, or this is a flaw in DevEx.
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Dillstradamus is not online. Dillstradamus
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30 Mar 2014 12:36 PM
This is a good question but mods might not have seen it, I do want to see their responses.
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AwesomeMe44 is not online. AwesomeMe44
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30 Mar 2014 12:37 PM
LOL, very good point. It looks like the ROBLOX staff never discussed copyright infringement when mapping out Dev Ex
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LemmJuice is not online. LemmJuice
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30 Mar 2014 12:37 PM
Very good point my friend.
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75x is not online. 75x
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30 Mar 2014 12:41 PM
Could we please get a mod here? I'm willing to up this into an actual ROBLOX issue rather than a question if they don't clear this.
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Nuclearized is not online. Nuclearized
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30 Mar 2014 12:42 PM
MODS THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION ANSWER NAO
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LemmJuice is not online. LemmJuice
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30 Mar 2014 12:43 PM
Bump4goodQuestion
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7sv is not online. 7sv
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30 Mar 2014 12:44 PM
MODS Y U NO ANSWER!!!(*(!**(!I(KlpJOKWMLDAWDKLWJWKWF


DEAL WITH IT! *puts on shades*
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LemmJuice is not online. LemmJuice
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30 Mar 2014 12:46 PM
I really would like to see what response from the mods this question has :P
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75x is not online. 75x
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30 Mar 2014 12:49 PM
Something tells me they don't have one. xD
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LemmJuice is not online. LemmJuice
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30 Mar 2014 12:51 PM
Maybe they're sorting it out now, because this could technically shut down Roblox, although nothing happens when someone normally posts a movie related game.
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SoulStealer9875 is not online. SoulStealer9875
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30 Mar 2014 12:51 PM
He is not selling the game to third party, and is therefore not counted as commercial. ROBLOX is simply giving the owner money, thereby the title is not a product but ROBLOX is.

~Master Scripter, ROBLOX Wiki Writer, 5 year veteran and Web Developer
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75x is not online. 75x
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30 Mar 2014 12:51 PM
Yeah, that might be the case. Either that, or they're ignoring this topic intentionally.
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alexrocks911 is not online. alexrocks911
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30 Mar 2014 12:52 PM
I tweeted Gordon about it..
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SoulStealer9875 is not online. SoulStealer9875
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30 Mar 2014 12:52 PM
Also, the owner is not stealing assets from the franchise and selling them to third party which would be a potential copyright infringement.

~Master Scripter, ROBLOX Wiki Writer, 5 year veteran and Web Developer
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LemmJuice is not online. LemmJuice
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30 Mar 2014 12:53 PM
Or maybe, the fact that they are not directly copying star wars (eg: they don't have any movie footage or anything, they only have the title) Which could be the case. who knows...
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