@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agoDeveloper remakes The Simpsons: Hit and Run from scratchinsider-gaming.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down14cross-posted to: games[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkDeveloper remakes The Simpsons: Hit and Run from scratchinsider-gaming.com@[email protected] to [email protected] • 1 year agomessage-square22fedilinkcross-posted to: games[email protected][email protected]
minus-squareBrooklynManlinkfedilink6•edit-21 year agoI suppose that they could release it for free as an open-source project and not brother with all of that
minus-squareKichaelinkfedilink12•1 year agoNo, they’d still need IP rights for the characters/world/name. Releasing it for free doesn’t alleviate that issue in any way. They could strip it of all of the Simpsons related stuff, but they’d also have to create new levels, since those are owned by the original publisher.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink7•1 year agoAnd if a company wants to fuck with you, it can sue you anyway over minor likeness until it exhaust you from money to attend hearings.
minus-squareSabata11792linkfedilink4•1 year agoYep. There would be a line of lawyers at that guys door the next day to ruin his entire life. I’m surprised they haven’t already. Would love to play it but unless there is a “leak” it’s not happening.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•1 year agoIt uses assets from the game so that’s a no go.
I suppose that they could release it for free as an open-source project and not brother with all of that
No, they’d still need IP rights for the characters/world/name. Releasing it for free doesn’t alleviate that issue in any way.
They could strip it of all of the Simpsons related stuff, but they’d also have to create new levels, since those are owned by the original publisher.
And if a company wants to fuck with you, it can sue you anyway over minor likeness until it exhaust you from money to attend hearings.
Yep. There would be a line of lawyers at that guys door the next day to ruin his entire life. I’m surprised they haven’t already. Would love to play it but unless there is a “leak” it’s not happening.
It uses assets from the game so that’s a no go.
oh, yeah, then definitely not