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[ViB]

I'll take some Contents from old and new games and use them for a privat homepage. It's not-commercial and absolutly free! Is this legally, when I mark it as Fanware? With what conditions is it legally?

[Icewolf]

This questions is monterous cause this is one of the most complicated topic telephone system software engineering. mg2:
Maybe you look for the ESA-related topics and announcements. k:

[The Fifth Horseman]

I'll take some Contents from old and new games and use them for a privat homepage.[/b]

Maybe tell us what exactly you want to take and how to use it.

It's not-commercial and absolutly free! Is this legally, when I mark it as Fanware? [/b]

There is no such term as "fanware".

With what conditions is it legally?[/b]

Depends on what do you intend to do with that content.

[Quintopotere]

The best thing is to put in the home page a text like: This site must be considered a "fan site" and in no way affiliated to **game company names**.

To be sure you should contact the game company to have their permission.

However, I don't think they'll be very worryed aboute a little personal site...

[velik_m]

NO. It's not legal to distrubute someone else's work without permission. It doesn't matter if you make any profit from it or not.

[ViB]

Thank you for your suplys! I want to take some content from the LucasArts adventures. Okay, okay... I want to take the hole story. Is it enough?

So, I want to write a letter to LucasArts. Maybe I have some luck and they allow me to use the story, from the older games... But maybe not... Whatever!

I think velik_m is right! rights are by Ron Gilbert or LucasArts, I don't know. From the terms it is not allowed to make a product based on the software. Now, this will be a product... No more details. Sorry!

[Lulu_Jane]

*has a sneaking suspicion that the question is relating to fan-fiction*

I s'pose the best word for that is "tolerated."

[The Fifth Horseman]

I want to take the hole story. [/b]

Chances are you'll get a lot of flak for plagiarism, if you do that.

[Tulac]

Not if you don't ask money for the given product.

[Lulu_Jane]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Tulac @ Jan 25 2007, 12:34 PM) [snapback]276406[/snapback]</div>

Not if you don't ask money for the given product.
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Yes, you will.

Plagarism is still unethical, repugnant and wrong regardless of whether or not you make money from it.

For example, if you plagarised parts of (or the entirety) of a university thesis and people realize what you have done - you would be expelled.
If you are a member of an academic community (such as a scientist or historian) and submitted a plagarised paper for peer review, you would find yourself ostrasized (hence effectively expelled) from the community, if once again, people spot your theft.

So, once again, that old school adage is correct - Always cite/credit your source material.