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Question about Copyright Rules and Parody/Fan Fiction OC's
renegade0
Posts: 119 Arc User
I know a little bit about Copyright Law and Fair Use, but I'm not sure if PW/Cryptic take these into consideration for their rules. I wanted to post some examples and see if anyone knew whether or not they're allowed in the game. I wanted to submit a ticket for this to ask the devs, but there's no option for it. All the options for either reporting something or different technical issues.
Ex1: A parody character named Super Old Man and his character looks like a really old man with balding grey hair, a blue suit, underwear, and a red and yellow S, and a red cape.
Ex2: A fan fiction Original Character named Jack who is dressed like him belongs in a show like Attack on Titan, Bleach, Dragon Ball etc; stories where multiple characters wear similar uniforms/outfits. I know we see a ton of original Saiyan characters running around, but I have no idea if these are against the rules.
Ex3: A completely original character with an original name and a costume inspired by a character. Like a character that is dressed like Chucky from Child's Play, but looks nothing like the actual character. Basically, cosplay.
The only thing that is clear is that a name and costume/character is clearly copying a copyright character. But this other stuff isn't too clear. All all those original Super Saiyan characters being Bad Named or are they allowed? I've tried searching, but couldn't find any threads asking any of these questions.
Ex1: A parody character named Super Old Man and his character looks like a really old man with balding grey hair, a blue suit, underwear, and a red and yellow S, and a red cape.
Ex2: A fan fiction Original Character named Jack who is dressed like him belongs in a show like Attack on Titan, Bleach, Dragon Ball etc; stories where multiple characters wear similar uniforms/outfits. I know we see a ton of original Saiyan characters running around, but I have no idea if these are against the rules.
Ex3: A completely original character with an original name and a costume inspired by a character. Like a character that is dressed like Chucky from Child's Play, but looks nothing like the actual character. Basically, cosplay.
The only thing that is clear is that a name and costume/character is clearly copying a copyright character. But this other stuff isn't too clear. All all those original Super Saiyan characters being Bad Named or are they allowed? I've tried searching, but couldn't find any threads asking any of these questions.
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1. Parody
2. Fan Fiction character
3. Inspired
'Nuff said.
Enjoy the game and customisation.
And playing by myself since Aug 2009
Godtier: Lifetime Subscriber
I always encourage a lot of creativity and expression on CO. It's based on a table top RPG, and gives us one of the most powerful character creators in gaming history. Why not do something special and unique with that?
Why not take the time and growing pains to create something entirely yours, that belongs in and compliments the Champions setting?
Gimmicks and cheap, obvious parodies will only take you so far.