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You know you cant just steal assets from a commercial game and post it on github right? afaik github may not only close that repo but also close your account. N
by aikah 12y ago
You know you cant just steal assets from a commercial game and post it on github right? afaik github may not only close that repo but also close your account. Not worth the risk if you built any kind of social identity around your github account.
- gjtorikian 12y agoGitHub is not going to close your account. Like all other repo closures, it'd take a DMCA notice from Nintendo to close the repo, which is unavoidable by law (no matter where you host it, The Lawyers will come).
- Nullabillity 12y agoBy american law. While the principles are pretty much the same worldwide, the implementations vary.
- jeffreyrogers 12y agoThat's the relevant law though, right?
- Nullabillity 12y ago> no matter where you host it, The Lawyers will come
- Corrector2 12y agoUnless a Github employee happens to have a personal difference of political opinion with one of the committers.
- rtpg 12y agoThis example might be fair use, though.
- tedunangst 12y agoHow so?
- Luc 12y agoIt's not transformative, it's 100% derivative. It's not a parody. It's apparantly for educational use (AngularJS) but not every educational use is fair (could have easily used different sprites). It's a straight up copy of artwork that's copyrighted and trademarked without any doubt. Its use of copyrighted art is not limited to a small percentage of the work, it's 100% of it.