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Hello everyone!
The question is if it legal to use sprites and sounds from dendy games e.g. Duck Hunt in my mobile application? Would it be approved by Google Play and AppStore?
And if not is it a way to modify these sprites (or draw approximately the same) to make it legal? The point is that even the modified game will look a similar to the original dendy game, but I wouldn't have bought any copyrights, so would my app be banned?
Thanks and sorry for my English :)
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/03/yep-nintendo-shot-down-duck-hunt-on-the-iphone/
But am I still free to modify the sprites to make it look much alike original?
I'd recommend against cloning a game like that. There is a grey area around any intellectual property as to whether it is so similar to be considered a derived work. You would be at risk of being sued, and whether you're actually infringing or not it can be prohibitively expensive to defend yourself against a large company.
Far better to write your own, unique game that you can be certain doesn't infringe, no?
http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/03/yep-nintendo-shot-down-duck-hunt-on-the-iphone/
But am I still free to modify the sprites to make it look much alike original?
Okay. What if a make a game in pixel-style with a dog, ducks and 8-bit music and add some gameplay features? Is it good?
Okay. What if a make a game in pixel-style with a dog, ducks and 8-bit music and add some gameplay features? Is it good?
Tom Sloper has a post on his very helpful website dealing with this: Sloperama FAQ#61: So You Wanna Clone Somebody's IP :)
Tom Sloper has a post on his very helpful website dealing with this: Sloperama FAQ#61: So You Wanna Clone Somebody's IP
