@Snugglepuff is correct, it IS pointless to try and strike up an argument with someone over a post made 4 months ago.
As such, my reply to you will be brief, as that is what your reply deserves anyhow.
My opinion on the possible theft of intellectual property wasn't pointless... your argument of "since the game is abandoned and not actively developed" doesn't make it okay to use someone's intellectual property, nor is it a valid argument and it most certainly wouldn't fly in the court of law.
i will reply top booth replys here
@snugle
you are totaly right that there is not much point with arguing with someone who posted it here 4 months ago, with no guarante he will ever reply, but one can hope
. still my option in reply is for others too, not only for him. and well, there is difference between option and point, because someone can have option about something without actualy any point.
i just reacted to his point (as i understanded his option ) was that making games inspired by other is amoral. and i disagreeded with him
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@Asl
yes, theft of intelectual property is crime, but no one until now didnt realy explained what is and what is not intelectual property.
will you consider ALL game about ww2 (or any war related games) theft of ip of first ever made ww2 related war game ?
i dont think so.
what is and what is not ip in war games ?
will you consider twilight series theft of ip of storm bakers dracula ? after all, it is about vampires.
do you play strategy games ?
do you reclall first ever command and conquer game ? and how it revolucionzed startegy games genre with concept of "drag and move" of selecting of multiple groups of units ? together with storing selected groups under keys for later quic select ?
just play strategy games before it, to understant how terrible (from today perspecive) managment of bigger armies was nightmare (dune 2 from 1992? comes to mind, ideal case in which large scale coordinated assult was imposible).
yet, did makers of c&c considered it ip ?
no ?
did everyone copied it ?
yes.
try to quess why.
and to go to just to game industry itself, and actual "case".
you considered it as theft of ip of creator of bb, based on WHAT exactly ? use of similiar models ? and what else ?
here on f95zone...you have hunderts of games which are using 3d renders ...which use, how much ? 25 different models ?
and did ever anyone considered it thef of ip from someone ?
can you name me ANY case it which any game company (or individual) sued another game company of stoling of ip AND WON ?
closest thing i recall is some financial compenation for game company which created vampiers masqurade game from makers of underworld movie series, based on stoling of some ip, but thats all.
