Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35357669-20141018060051

I do realise that this may not be an actual work but I did want to discuss something today, an issue we may encounter and that is not necessary people not submitting there audio files on time. I am talking about copyright issues.

Okay don't over react about this but here is an issue we would have to think about before starting if we were to do this- is this legal? The answer is no, all forms of fan work are illegal. This means the wiki is illegal including every page on this wiki, but don't sweat as activision has nothing to gain by shutting down fan projects. Fan works are essential to companies like activision. It keeps up consumer interest so companies have nothing to gain by shutting down fan projects. So why is it considered illegal? Well it basically to keep their trademark so bootleg companies can't rip them off. This said companies tend to encourage fanwork that they are sure they can gain from. Fan work is only shut down by companies when it may affect business and this is through money and profit. It doesn't matter whether that money goes into your pocket ot goes into production, money is a good way to get companies to strech their legal muscles. This doesn't mean you can't sell your Skylanders toys on ebay if really wanted to, you own the physical figure, you just can't claim legal rights to it. If started to make and sell DVDs, the project could get shut down, becuase we do not own Skylanders. If any money was to go into this, it would have to be from our own pockets. Don't be alarmed by this because at first this probably won't cost a single cent to produced other than purchasing software to make this which would may be expensive as good programs can cost anywere from 50-500 bucks. Hopefully decent software is already owned. Back on track this production should be okay if there is no prifit made from it, which I don't think you were planning on making one anyway. One thing I know is parodies. It is fully legal to make an unlicenced parody of anything. The dictionary meaning of Parody is a delibarate misinterpretation, basically meaning that parodies are not just limited to comedy. Anyway thats all my time for now and I hope you benefit from this as I always beleive it pays to have knowledge on law. Anyways Poseidon out. Poseidon133 (talk) 06:00, October 18, 2014 (UTC) 