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[4e6] Pre-release question
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Should posting my game idea for critque on here grant me some sort of copywrite on the plot? Or anything like that?
Thanks,
-Bzroom
Well lets just put it like this, when you enter the copyrights remain yours yet you grant gamedev the worldwide nonexclusive rights and a right to edit, copy or distribute for basically any reason gamedev see fit.
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[Edited by - CmpDev on November 5, 2007 12:56:44 PM]
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[Edited by - CmpDev on November 5, 2007 12:56:44 PM]
Quote: Original post by bzroomNo. It's possible somebody might take your idea, but the possibility is low and in the end it's your implementation that matters anyway.
Should posting my game idea for critque on here grant me some sort of copywrite on the plot? Or anything like that?
Quote: Original post by CmpDevFirst, it's non-exclusive. And second, you retain the ownership of your intellectual property and copyright so I don't see how it's any different than going through a publisher.
Well lets just put it like this, when you enter the copyrights remain yours yet you grant gamedev the worldwide exclusive rights and a right to edit, copy or distribute for basically any reason gamedev see fit.
You gain copyright automatically on anything you write. However, you can only copyright the words you use, not the ideas. Someone is always free to steal your idea, just not your words explaining the idea. However, they would be plagiarizing, which is immoral and generally frowned upon, if not illegal.
Quote: Original post by CmpDevNo, read what you pasted more closely:
for basically any reason gamedev see fit.
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Notwithstanding mentioned ownership rights, by entering, the entrant personally or on behalf of their company grant GameDev.net permanent, non-exclusive, world-wide rights and a license, but not an obligation, free of any charge or compensation, to use, edit, copy, distribute and publish all or part of the entry, and all rights subsidiary to and derivative from the entry, in any medium now known or invented in the future, for promotional, advertising or demonstration purposes for GameDev.net's products or services or for GameDev.net generally.
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