Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!lll-winken!aunro!ersys!kumbach From: kumbach@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Kevin Umbach) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Gfx Copyrights Message-ID: Date: 30 May 91 06:12:39 GMT Organization: Edmonton Remote Systems, Edmonton, AB, Canada Lines: 21 Can anyone fill me in on how bad I would get sued by putting out a game I wrote which contains graphics taken from another game program. I have written an Amiga game that has already been published for the IBM and Commodore 64 platforms many years ago (5+yrs). I couldnt wait for the publisher to write an Amiga version and I eventually gave up any hope of them actually doing it at all so I wrote it myself. The problem I have in releasing the game is because I copied the graphics from the IBM version because I wanted my version to look EXACTLY like the IBM version. Will I get myself into trouble by releasing this game? Should I go about asking the publisher for their permission to use their graphics? Do you think I would actually get their permission? I could probably avoid this problem by simply changing the graphics, but the code is highly dependent on them and changing even a few pixels could result in ruining the original look and feel of the published versions. Any comments on this topic will be appreciated. Kevin Umbach kumbach@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Edmonton Remote Systems: Serving Northern Alberta since 1982