can someone tell me if this is legal or not:
http://appleaddiction.net/2008/04/20/zelda-classic-for-os-x/
zelda
January 19, 2012 06:43 AM
can someone tell me if this is legal or not:
http://appleaddictio...assic-for-os-x/
Nope.
The unauthorized clone uses all the names, characters, maps, and other IP from the game.
Read: http://www.gamasutra...php?story=26290
The author of that article is a moderator in the Business forum, and is a game lawyer.
611
January 21, 2012 09:22 AM
This is all sorts of gray area.
Zelda classic is a game engine that produces behaviors like an old game. Zelda Classic uses a game module that someone else produced to play a remake of Zelda for NES.
Zelda Classic is not illegal. The game module used to play the remake of Legend of Zelda for NES is illegal. A lot of the modules used with Zelda Classic are also illegal, since they use LoZ graphics or level design. However, playing Zelda Classic with a module that doesn't have copyrighted graphics or level design is perfectly, 100% legal.
And yes, people have produced new works for Zelda Classic.
Zelda classic is a game engine that produces behaviors like an old game. Zelda Classic uses a game module that someone else produced to play a remake of Zelda for NES.
Zelda Classic is not illegal. The game module used to play the remake of Legend of Zelda for NES is illegal. A lot of the modules used with Zelda Classic are also illegal, since they use LoZ graphics or level design. However, playing Zelda Classic with a module that doesn't have copyrighted graphics or level design is perfectly, 100% legal.
And yes, people have produced new works for Zelda Classic.
3,283
January 21, 2012 07:52 PM
Wouldn't the use of "Zelda" be a copyright violation in itself?
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January 21, 2012 08:58 PM
Wouldn't the use of "Zelda" be a copyright violation in itself?
Trademark, and yes.
3,454
January 23, 2012 05:20 AM
Wouldn't the use of "Zelda" be a copyright violation in itself?
"The Legend of Zelda" would be a trademark violation.
Just "Zelda", no. It's a name, and as long as you aren't using it in a similar fashion as Legend of Zelda.
[size=1]P.S: I'm not a lawyer.
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