Is this considered copyright material?

[Dragnfly]

From what I could tell while searching that out (I didn't look too hard) some english dude mixed up Free Seed Material and "Mack", so a bunch of FSM stuff is credited to "Mack" when it likely shouldn't be. So be careful with crediting. Best wishes.

 

[Kes]

@wynautastronaut

As FSM comes up so often, you might find this thread worth a quick skim.

 

[wynautastronaut]

From what I could tell while searching that out (I didn't look too hard) some english dude mixed up Free Seed Material and "Mack", so a bunch of FSM stuff is credited to "Mack" when it likely shouldn't be. So be careful with crediting. Best wishes.

I am almost sure Mack is the artist I link to. That's the person who made or edited the sprites. Thanks for all the help!

@wynautastronaut

As FSM comes up so often, you might find this thread worth a quick skim.

Thank you very much for that. Will definitely look at the files.

 

[GrandmaDeb]

I have been spending some tine looking at images after one of my young students was working on a Power Point presentation and added a Pikachu. 

(They reminded me of those carbucles.)

So I did some image hunting and compared a pikachu to a carbuncle to 289K's char.

I finally found this carbunkle http://deitywars.wikia.com/wiki/Carbuncle

(none of the others had a ruff around the neck on Google Images)

I guess if I were concerned about the issue I'd remove the gem on the first one. 

It really does look like a little fox, except for the gem. The other two sprites on the line are pretty hard to criticize, istm.

This is a very interesting article on the subject.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2010/05/13/the-messy-world-of-fan-art-and-copyright/

and FWIW Square Enix's policy is rather interesting:

http://support.na.square-enix.com/rule.php?id=5382&tag=authc

Hope not too much of a hijack.

 

[Dragnfly]

This isn't so relevant to the sue-em-all USA but it gives a perspective on how RM (and other indie) works are handled overseas and why you might see so many using copyrighted material: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%8Djinshi#Copyright_issues (the examples use manga but doujin can be any self-published art)

 

[Zeriab]

Removing the gem would be rather weird given the name. Carbuncle has a very interesting meaning in the sense of the gem. (I am not so much interesting in the medical aspect)

Look at an except of this book from 1771: https://books.google.dk/books?id=Ls1VAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=carbuncle

Carbuncle
On of the precious Stones, represented in Coats-of-arms, by a Rose in the center, with eight rays or staves round it, in the form of Scepters....
It is a very deep red, and has been thought to shine in the dark like a lighted coal, but this is known to be otherwise. It is said to be as hard as a Sapphire, and to be found naturally of an angular figure; however, as it is very uncommon, there needs no more to be said about it.

It's rather the very fox-like interpretation that I would be concerned about.

*hugs*

 

[Dragnfly]

If the gem is removed it can just not be called Carbuncle anymore. You could call it.... a laylyn.

Wow. I'm surprised the random stuff I typed can actually be pronounced.

 

[GrandmaDeb]

hee hee. I wasn't saying it would be a Carbuncle. I was brainstorming about what changes would be necessary to ensure that it didn't infringe.

 

[Dragnfly]

A snappy top hat and a cane held in it's tail?

 

[wynautastronaut]

Thanks for the suggestions. I'll double check that Mick allows edits, but  that's a good way around it. That way it's his still material but it no longer resembles Carbuncle 

 

[GrandmaDeb]

http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/27527-translated-terms-of-usage-of-japanese-blogs/?p=264932


Slimmm's translation of terms