Billy_the_kid Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Hello! Could anyone maybe create a Jeanette companion mod((Jeanette is a character from Vampire the masquerade bloodlines)) Would be sweet if you took the voiced dialog and used it in conversation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihateregisteringeverywhere Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Ripping parts of other games is strictly against beth rules. I mean... you can do it. But you couldn't host it.. not here at least... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_the_kid Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 Ripping parts of other games is strictly against beth rules. I mean... you can do it. But you couldn't host it.. not here at least... Well a bloke on this site made Baldurs gate companion with the sounds rom the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogtoothCG Posted October 8, 2008 Share Posted October 8, 2008 he had permissions from the creators of baldurs gate, it was entirely legal and he credited them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy_the_kid Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 he had permissions from the creators of baldurs gate, it was entirely legal and he credited themYeah,but then you should be able to do the same thing with vampire the masquerade bloodliens right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogtoothCG Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 if you can get the rights and permissions sure, but thtas kinda hard considering most people want you to pay royalties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Barkmann Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 The company that made vampire the masquerade bloodlines is no more, thats what i heard anyways so kinda hard to get there permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted269910User Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Copyright and licenses only last for a set period of time. Basically that means someone might be able to make it if the license has run out(Quite possible if the original company no longer exists, but if it's merged etc. most likely the new one will still hold the copyrights.), but you'd have to confirm it first. The actual character may not be a 'hard one' but confirming the licensing issues with the voice files is an other story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogtoothCG Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 my point exactly, plus it hasnt had the time to be moved to public domain so the rights i guess are sort of in limbo waiting for auction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deleted269910User Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 If you can get a confirmation that the copyright is invalid, it is legal to do it, until someone re-purchases and starts upholding it. However that would also give a limited amount of time for a person to work on it, as after someone purchases the copyrights again, distributing it would be illegal without their permission. There is one loophole in this, if you create the 'product' within the time that no one holds the copyright to it, you are free to distribute it as long as no profit is made out of it and the product will not be updated with new resources, as that would basically cause you to start re-distributing the materials after the copyright and licenses have been renewed, even if the older version had the exact same things. This also has it's own loophole; Updates could be done as 'fixes' that have no link what-so-ever to the copyrighted files(The voice files in this instance.) so basically it'd require a person to have the original 'product' from before the license to the copyrighted material was renewed. Now to turn that later paragraph to the terms of a general modder; If the mod is created, with the voice files, during the time when no one holds the copyright/licenses to it, you're allowed to distribute it. All additions however would have to be done as plug-ins to the original plug-in, without re-distributing the copyrighted material in the newer version. There is a ton of legal crap involved and there are cases when this doesn't apply, but in general this is how it works. I personally don't have any idea why I wrote this all up, most likely since I thought someone might find it useful. Also this is according to the laws that are applying here in Finland and may vary in different countries(General copyright rules are almost the same everywhere, however some parts of it do vary, but the basic re-distribution law is in effect on all countries for all I know.), so doing some background checks on your home country's legal system might be worth the time. ~Elraine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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