fordy said:
kain_kusanagi said:
fordy said:
kain_kusanagi said:
Fair use allows for bits of copyright content to be used for the purpose of critique. All those "Let's Plays" aren't reviewing anything. It's no different than running a ripped movie on youtube.
If you want to do a legitimate review there is a legal way to do it. But if all you are doing is uploading long videos of games, movies, etc. then you are breaking the law. |
In some sense, you are still missing some elements of a game with an LP, unlike posted music. The gameplay is still an important element, otherwise you're not getting the "full experience" of the game.
Besides, what about LPers who provide other things during the gameplay, like some comedy or anecdotes? Is this any different from A show that plays music in the background of their news story?
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You can't post an entire movie with your own commentary, without license from the content owner. Mystery Science Theater 3000 used public domain movies or they paid for the right to use a movie. You can't use someone else's content, add your own stuff on top, and them publish it to the web for everyone to watch.
A show that plays music in the background of their news story paid for that music.
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But it's not exactly the full content, is it? You can argue that the output of the game is the result of user generated input, so it's always a dynamic result, unlike a movie which is static.
It's like saying Adobe owns the rights to all movies edited in Adobe Premier.
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No. That is a bad analogy and is nothing like what we are talking about.
Everything from the artwork, music, voice work, coding, etc., is all copyright material. The fact that playing a game is dynamic has apsolutly no effect on the onwership rights of all that content.
If Valve is happy to see people use their stuff to make money, that's their right. If Sony doesn't want people making money off their stuff, that's their right. If you create something it is automaticly copyrighted and you have full ownership on how you want to distribute it.
