jay-dogg2006 Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 ok guy as ive seen on this forum most games are tying to be like torn city i suggest if i was you to chnage anything that remotly look similar to torn city as torn city is going thought games and shuting them down for copyright theft. so this is just a little warning to those who wants there web site to look like torn city :) Quote
03laceys Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! Thanks for the heads up. But how many more threads need to be made about this? Quote
jay-dogg2006 Posted August 30, 2008 Author Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! oh sorry ddint realise this was all ready been done :( Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! Depends if your stupid enough to steal there images, though i don't see how html can be copyrighted, since its open source. Quote
jay-dogg2006 Posted August 30, 2008 Author Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! well yeah thats what i thought html cant be copyright can it? coz if so so many sites can be sues due to it ! and yeah if your stupid enought to steal there images then there right in doing so but html i dont thing so :s Quote
jay-dogg2006 Posted August 30, 2008 Author Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! the issues we are all faces with now is auction market Chaining gang armoury joinable organised crimes mulitiple profile pics stuff like this has been built and sold or given away as free modifications on here where do we stand with these really?? its a now win situation really with torncity most games have these. Quote
jds137 Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! I wouldnt worry about Chedburn. He stole the idea for TC from Hobo Wars, thats why he was let go as staff, and banned forever. I agree, images shouldnt be used in your site. But do you really feel that he can corner the gaming market on gangs, attack, auctions, etc those are in most games, and if someone has not done it by now, then it wont happen. Quote
Floydian Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! lol did I mention I'm selling a "rewrite" of something that is similiar but not the same as Torn Cities new organized gang crimes? None of their images are used, none of their html is used, I've never even done their organized crimes. All I know is someone explained to me kinda sorta how it works and I made something that's better and 100% secure. mail me if you wanna buy it lol [me=Floydian]sticks finger in cheds face[/me] Quote
Dylan Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! you can find most of those images online anyways just learn how to google Quote
XCU53S Posted August 30, 2008 Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! they cant do nothing if you make it look similar as long as all content is purely yours and 100% made by you Quote
jay-dogg2006 Posted August 31, 2008 Author Posted August 31, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! true very true really he cant just take out all he will have no chance as long as images are use he has no real case agaist any one how old is this chedburn any ways last tie i check profile it said 40 now it was 20 and from the uk? lol something serously wrong there lol Quote
topmorpg Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! Let me say now Im sorry if I sound rude or an asshole towards some here. TC can kiss my white ass on copyrights. now that, that is out of the way. lets explain a bit what he could come after and shut down sites for. Exact layout setup to look like there site if not published prior to them filing copyright could miss lead a new user in thinking it is there script then yes he can come after and file a formal DMCA to your host and data center provider to shut down or change it. Taking images, and or css, dhtml, html, and other items directly from there site and placing into your own is against copyright. Simply put make it yourself and be unique. if you dont take anything material wise you are fine far as copyrights go. Keep in mind everything stated above. What does copyright protect? Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed. See Circular 1, Copyright Basics, section "What Works Are Protected." How is a copyright different from a patent or a trademark? Copyright protects original works of authorship, while a patent protects inventions or discoveries. Ideas and discoveries are not protected by the copyright law, although the way in which they are expressed may be. A trademark protects words, phrases, symbols, or designs identifying the source of the goods or services of one party and distinguishing them from those of others. What is a Trademark? # A trademark is a word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases, symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods of one party from those of others. Trademarking goes to normally name of a company and its use Example if I made a site torncityrevamp.com well torncity is more then likely trademarked (least they should have it) Now if I make a game site with the trademark in it then I am breaking trade mark rules. However If I make a fan site about there site 9-10 times they will not bother you. TJ Quote
XCU53S Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! yh but still as i said if you made it without stealing there source your ok but i dont no why people want a game looking like TC it looks ygly if you ask me have some creativity and make something different Quote
radio_active Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! lol did I mention I'm selling a "rewrite" of something that is similiar but not the same as Torn Cities new organized gang crimes? None of their images are used, none of their html is used, I've never even done their organized crimes. All I know is someone explained to me kinda sorta how it works and I made something that's better and 100% secure. mail me if you wanna buy it lol [me=Floydian]sticks finger in cheds face[/me] Im gonna say thats the script i paid you to make :lol: *Very good script by the way, recommend it* Quote
Zero-Affect Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! lmao i made contest then torn city had contest... weird that don't think its just you guys who steal their ideas i'm pretty sure i made mine first Quote
03laceys Posted August 31, 2008 Posted August 31, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! I have joinable og's on my game :D Quote
jay-dogg2006 Posted September 1, 2008 Author Posted September 1, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! lol to be honest yes torncity is very ugly not creative i used to play i dont really now as i get very bored of it. i personally thin any one who wnats there game looking like torncity is stupid. yes some of there mods are good but theres not a lot so use your own creative mind and your site will be unique. the only thing torncity really has is the users but if you think about all the users possible out there there a billions out there the most unique your game is the more users you will get. Quote
Floydian Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! Im gonna say thats the script i paid you to make :lol: *Very good script by the way, recommend it* Thanks for the recommendation. In the interest of full disclosure, a price was offered for full exclusivity (which means I wouldn't resell) and a seperate offer for full exclusivity and resell rights. Both were declined ;) I just didn't want anyone to think there was shady business going on here. ;) Quote
dementor Posted September 2, 2008 Posted September 2, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! I indirectly stole items from TC I ll admit it to it I simply searched for images on google and copied it turns out TC are using them too And I can proudly say I use a lot of the suggestions made in TC which are never used and I am proud to say it That is all they could put on me really Oh and yes I have a lot of unique stuff mixed with stuff from here I dont even buy mods I code the mods from on my site simply because why should I pay for it And now im just babbling on Quote
pyro1423 Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! TC = aint shutting down any games only games they are shutting down = the ones on free servers because the owners of the servers dont want any problem and they dont nkow anythign about mccodes those that have their own servers = happy and nothing = happining to them Quote
Joel Posted September 7, 2008 Posted September 7, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! Who cares lmao Quote
War_Hero Posted September 8, 2008 Posted September 8, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! The users on TC are all 'congratulating' and praising Chedburn for shutting down a supposedly TC Copycat game. Unless Chedburn has copyright on his images, which, I believe, most can be found on Google, most games will be fine and he can't do anything to it. ;) But as clearly stated by Extermination: Who cares! lmao Quote
Zero-Affect Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! just because it came from google doesn't mean it ain't copyrighted... Quote
War_Hero Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! Woops. I left out a bit in that sentence. :-P I meant to say: Chedburn claims he has copyright on images, but the images he uses can probably be found on Google, so therefore not copyrighted to him or TC....if that makes sense. I'm tired after a long day at school. That's my excuse. :-P Quote
Zero-Affect Posted September 9, 2008 Posted September 9, 2008 Re: Just a heads up to all game owners! if you take a image from google does that not mean that if they are copyrighted and then you use it you can direct the copyrights to google since they where the ones who gave you it Quote
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