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I am curious how this is legal. Sorry if this is an ignorant question.

by nemacol 6y ago

non-entity 6y ago
I wager it isn't, sadly but its still incredibly cool.
- nemacol 6y ago
  Thank you for the reply.
Hamuko 6y ago
It's probably going to be hit with a takedown notice sooner or later. They even had the original companies' logos in the intro.
MaxBarraclough 6y ago
It's chock full of other people's trademarks, there's no way it's legal.
balls187 6y ago
Depends on the jurisdiction, and the law being broken. Standard Caveat: Not a lawyer. Also this is based on US Law. This isn't the game itself, just the Game UI recreated in Webflow. So while it doesn't recreate the game per-se, it does use image assets which are likely copyrighted by Firaxis. In my limited legal understanding--assuming the author did not first seek permission to use game assets, the author could claim defense by Fair Use doctrine, that allows copyrighted materials to be used in limited cases. For example using a short clip from a movie as part of a movie review, or an excerpt from a book in a book report. In this case, the author could claim the images were used to teach people how to use Webflow, but again my limited legal opinion is that Firaxis could counter that claim by pointing out the author isn't a teacher, and this is not part of any sort of educational series. The author could instead claim that the images were used as part of research into the capabilities of Webflow. Again, there Firaxis could simply counter that this was not done in conjuction with any research, and no research materials were published.
SarkisB 6y ago
As I mentioned at the very beginning of the prototype, it was developed for educational and inspirational purposes. Nothing is being sold, many sections of the UI have been redesigned/reinterpreted to create a better experience in my subjective opinion as a product designer, and ultimately this project is a tribute to Civilization, not a ripoff. Civilization's official twitter account congratulated me already on Twitter and I hope my work inspires more people to dive into nocode tools.

I am curious how this is legal. Sorry if this is an ignorant question.

non-entity 6y ago

I wager it isn't, sadly but its still incredibly cool.

nemacol 6y ago
Thank you for the reply.

Hamuko 6y ago

It's probably going to be hit with a takedown notice sooner or later. They even had the original companies' logos in the intro.

MaxBarraclough 6y ago

It's chock full of other people's trademarks, there's no way it's legal.

balls187 6y ago

Depends on the jurisdiction, and the law being broken. Standard Caveat: Not a lawyer. Also this is based on US Law. This isn't the game itself, just the Game UI recreated in Webflow. So while it doesn't recreate the game per-se, it does use image assets which are likely copyrighted by Firaxis. In my limited legal understanding--assuming the author did not first seek permission to use game assets, the author could claim defense by Fair Use doctrine, that allows copyrighted materials to be used in limited cases. For example using a short clip from a movie as part of a movie review, or an excerpt from a book in a book report. In this case, the author could claim the images were used to teach people how to use Webflow, but again my limited legal opinion is that Firaxis could counter that claim by pointing out the author isn't a teacher, and this is not part of any sort of educational series. The author could instead claim that the images were used as part of research into the capabilities of Webflow. Again, there Firaxis could simply counter that this was not done in conjuction with any research, and no research materials were published.

SarkisB 6y ago

As I mentioned at the very beginning of the prototype, it was developed for educational and inspirational purposes. Nothing is being sold, many sections of the UI have been redesigned/reinterpreted to create a better experience in my subjective opinion as a product designer, and ultimately this project is a tribute to Civilization, not a ripoff. Civilization's official twitter account congratulated me already on Twitter and I hope my work inspires more people to dive into nocode tools.