Mans thinks because he is offering it for free and consulted a couple of developers (not lawyers) that he'll be able to fund a fan game, it will launch, and it will be out in a time frame that isn't realistic at all.
Please stop making fan games.
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YouTube Channel 'Star Wars Comics' Announces Star Wars 1313 Fan Game, Doesn't Understand Copyright Law
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Mans thinks because he is offering it for free and consulted a couple of developers (not lawyers) that he'll be able to fund a fan game, it will launch, and it will be out in a time frame that isn't realistic at all.
Please stop making fan games.
I dunno, they let the KOTOR remake game go on for a long time before they shut it down - but they deffo will shut it down at some point before it releases.
They will make it legal.
This is mostly likely a troll video. No one is this clueless.
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Nope. Infringes Disney's IP in every way imaginable.
I literally don't understand why he references the Kotor remake and thinks that he can do this lmfao.
Didn't they released the source code some time ago? So whats the problem? Luscas film doesn't shut down so many fan made litgh saber batle on the internet, why would they shut down this?
Can't wait for all the people from that Anthem NDA thread to come in here and defend this moron.
Whatever, my Sonichu fangame is gonna come out and whip so much ass, you're gonna be speechless.
Probably not great advise to say "hey, dare the copyright owner to sue you since they probably won't".
But, if you're actually capable enough to make Star Wars 1313, you wouldn't be making Star Wars 1313 (unofficially)
But, if you're actually capable enough to make Star Wars 1313, you wouldn't be making Star Wars 1313 (unofficially)
Lucasfilm (even under Disney) has been pretty lenient with fan creations and to all the ppl saying they "shouldn't announce their fan games/movies/etc": You do realize that all the fan games that got a C&D were either projects that needed funding (like this) or projects that would compete with an official product.
Making fan games/movies etc. is okay for the majority of copyright holders as long as you are funding everything yourself.
Making fan games/movies etc. is okay for the majority of copyright holders as long as you are funding everything yourself.
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This still isn't true at all. EA holds the contract for Star Wars games(with exceptions).
It's not going to happen because it has never happened. Why? Because they never let it happen. Ever.
They recently shut down KOTOR's fan remake, which has been in development for quite some time.
https://kotaku.com/star-wars-kotor-fan-remake-shutting-down-after-cease-a-1829720602
So?
Of course fan games exist!?
The only time (as I said) where fan games were shut down is if either 1. they tried to raise funds for it or 2. the fan game competed with an existing official game.
That's because it is competing with KOTOR maybe read what I write?
You say this but someone was doing just that and was asking for money to get the demo of his recreation of one of the farms in the CryEngine.
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But Ben, I said it would be free, and i fund it myself, and for the fans, and make sure to subscribe to my patreon page so i can help fund my fan game and hype it up on twitter cause free advertising for a game that i dont actually have a development team for will help make it happen (this isn't an advertisement for my channel though shhhh)
As a lawyer, I really wonder where did we (lawyers) go wrong to alienate people this much from basic legal knowledge.
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Can you provide a list of current Star Wars fan games that are currently available right now?
Edit 1: still waiting for that list
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I don't know any because I don't pay attention to Star Wars games? I was talking about fan games in general not specifically about Star Wars. I still thinkg simply saying "stop making fan games" like you did in your OP is stupid anyway because there are dozens of great Super Mario fan games, none of which were shut down. The same applies to Mega Man or Sonic.
This Star Wars fan game will most likely get shut down, but that doesn't mean the idea of fan games is bad and neither does it proof that any fan game ever just get shut down no matter what because if that was the case none would ever exist.
Motherfucker acts like making a AAA game is equivalent to doing a pet project in the garage during winter break. He has no idea what he's talking about.
You will get this. Why haven't folks learned from the comic industry? Can't use Spiderman? Create a Sideways or Darkhawk. If you do a good job folks will know what you were inspired by
You'd think people would have learned by now not to announce things until you release it.
But people can't resist the publicity fan hype generates.
But people can't resist the publicity fan hype generates.
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That's nice, just because they haven't been taken down doesn't mean they don't violate.
And here's a list of Nintendo acknowledged projects. Notice how every single one of them includes "takedown notice" in their descriptions.
https://www.mariowiki.com/List_of_Mario_knockoffs_acknowledged_by_Nintendo#cite_note-29
So yes, stop making fan games.
If you are so interested in releasing a game, just build one with fresh assets so you can actually do something with it.