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HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:27 am
by AutisticPsycho
This is why we can't have nice things: :(

http://shop.deviantart.com/wallart/fap/ ... awa+shoujo

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:51 am
by Snow_Storm
Should I grief and troll the seller?

Y/N?

How the fuck you gonna steal from somebody else's hardwork that was for free?

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:57 am
by AutisticPsycho
Snow_Storm wrote:Should I grief and troll the seller?

Y/N?

How the fuck you gonna steal from somebody else's hardwork that was for free?
No. I'd say let the devs handle things through legal channels. Also, it's multiple sellers, not just one.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:23 am
by Panty Supervisor
I don't think anyone is going to get a print of those pictures anyway. The picture of Lilly by NachInnen94 is alright, but the other ones aren't very good, at least in my opinion.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:38 am
by Quietpower
I bought a plain black shirt with a Katawa Shoujo Logo centered on it. Am I a bad person D:?

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:21 am
by zanzarra
Quietpower wrote:I bought a plain black shirt with a Katawa Shoujo Logo centered on it. Am I a bad person D:?
Must. Not. Quote. Jigoro.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 12:23 pm
by Ivan The Mouse
zanzarra wrote:
Quietpower wrote:I bought a plain black shirt with a Katawa Shoujo Logo centered on it. Am I a bad person D:?
Must. Not. Quote. Jigoro.
You mentioned his name, therefore I cry for blood.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 4:01 pm
by encrypted12345
Quietpower wrote:I bought a plain black shirt with a Katawa Shoujo Logo centered on it. Am I a bad person D:?
How? Where? I MUST KNOW!!

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:52 pm
by Suriko
After some internal discussion, we revised the GAME FAQ for instances like this.
Q: I saw this game for sale. Are you selling this now?
A: No. Four Leaf Studios is not charging for Katawa Shoujo, and never will. If you see anyone selling Katawa Shoujo, charging for "official" merchandise, or using game assets in their for-sale items, please report them. Selling fanworks that do not use official content (including the KS logo) and do not pretend to be official is okay.
Basically this is begrudgingly okay as long as it doesn't take assets from the game or pretend to be official.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:54 pm
by zanzarra
Still doesn't feel right that someone makes profit off your work :/

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 6:56 pm
by A Humbled Fan
As far as this persons work, I don't think he/she will be making any money off of it. The drawings are awful.

But I too find it unfortunately that other people can capitalize off of your work.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:00 pm
by DH531
A Humbled Fan wrote:The drawings are awful.
^This.
But yeah, still doesn't feel right. If I wanted to sell creative stuff, i'd want it to be my own creation (Though it wouldn't sell), not take someone elses >.>

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:01 pm
by Quietpower
encrypted12345 wrote:
Quietpower wrote:I bought a plain black shirt with a Katawa Shoujo Logo centered on it. Am I a bad person D:?
How? Where? I MUST KNOW!!
I just went to some random custom shirt making site and screenshotted the logo when time passed in the game. Made the background transparent and slapped it on there.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:01 pm
by zanzarra
I meant the shirts, rather than the drawings.

edit:

Well, using some kind of "make your own shirt" site is something else, right? Like making yourself a Hanako plushie or whatever.

Re: HOORAY FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGMENT!

Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2012 7:27 pm
by Kenji_SpecOps
I was going to make me a katawa shoujo poster.

Those drawings are really bad, though. I don't see how it would be a problem selling them, though. It's not like they are screen caps from the game for sale.