Hi there,

before working with 3DGS 7, I've been developing 2D-Games using a tool called "RPG Maker". In that community, producing games which use the characters, scenario and resources (like music, sounds and so on) of a commercial game can be seen quite frequently, these games are being produced by fans of the original game and are therefore called "fan-fic"s. Now I wonder how the legal situation of these games looks like. After all, you are (ab)using resources which are not yours, so basically you're breaking the copyright. However, these games always have a line like "Characters, scenario, music and other resources (c) Nintendo" (for example) in the credits roll. Does that change anything? Does the fact that all these games are totally non-commercial change anything? Or could one still be sued by the owner of the copyright?

Greets,


Alan