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I immediately thought of Bill Mudron's gorgeous maps of classic videogames (Zelda, Super Mario, Castlevania). The easiest way to view most of them is the page w
by scott_s 12y ago
I immediately thought of Bill Mudron's gorgeous maps of classic videogames (Zelda, Super Mario, Castlevania). The easiest way to view most of them is the page where he's selling prints: http://mudron.bigcartel.com/ http://mudron.bigcartel.com/
His homepage has a few more, http://www.billmudron.com/ http://www.billmudron.com/, if you go to "For Me" and click on the bottom right for the gallery.
- kbenson 12y agoDoes he somehow own the rights to the NES and SNES Zelda content? I would think those are art assets owned by Nintendo, and reselling them would fall under some license agreement.
- scott_s 12y agoI do not know the legal status of his work. However, the term "art assets" implies, to me, particular works. In that sense, he is not reusing "art assets" - these works are his own, but obviously inspired by work that Nintendo owns the copyright to. I am unsure what legal status fan art in general occupies: it's original art, but obviously derived from something someone else owns. Trademark may be a clearer case: he's clearly reusing trademarked terms in a context that could cause someone to believe they are from the trademark owners. Anyway, I hope he's allowed to continue making and selling them. They're amazing, and should exist.
- kbenson 12y agoYeah, I'm not trying to get him to stop making them, they're awesome, I was just struck by how they look to use a lot of art that's not his in their content, and he's charging for prints. It just struck me as odd.