Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!scea!peter_alau@playstation.sony.com From: "Lemont Washington" Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk Subject: Re: New Project Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 11:14:17 -0400 Organization: SCEA News Server Lines: 18 Message-ID: <7q10ni$2eo2@scea> References: <7pvg9n$1ma8@scea> <37c351b0.32333765@205.149.189.29> NNTP-Posting-Host: host-216-78-101-128.asm.bellsouth.net X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 And dont game copyrights expire after 7 Years? Mario Perdue wrote in message news:37c351b0.32333765@205.149.189.29... > Lemont, > > Please be sure that you observe copyright restrictions when creating > your games. If you were to create a game with Mickey Mouse as the main > character, you would not be able to post it. Disney is very protective > of their properties and Sony is commited to observing the property > rights of others. It's OK to make a game that is similar to another > existing game, but it is not OK to just copy the game play and > characters. Doing so could open you to legal action from the owner of > the original game, and none of us want to see that happen. > > Mario >