Okay I''ve been askin for help alot and it's time to give back!

[Sharm]

That as it may be, there is no IP law that prevents people from sharing artwork

Artwork still counts, which is why Disney can and does shut down businesses that prominently display fan work of their characters.  Just because it's hard to enforce an IP violation doesn't make it magically not a violation.

In the past Hasbro was more loose with their copyright defense.  Know what happened?  They lost their rights to some of their characters!  This is why they're so harsh on any fan creation that could be considered competing properties like the games.  They've been really free with things that don't compete though, and I don't think it's right to mock that kind of generosity.  The fan community is part of what makes MLP FiM awesome, but the other part is that Hasbro is doing everything it can to keep it awesome for everyone.

 

[deathsia]

Not to be skeptical, but being 'nearly 100% sure' that people wont get in trouble is simply not good enough. IF someone who used them did get into trouble, this wouldn't affect YOU at all, but it would sure as hell affect THEM.

To be perfectly frank. Using these images, would show a poorly designed game that clearly did not have any thought behind it, or how it would affect other games/companies...

Ignoring on grounds of bashing sprites due to obvious hate for mlp related artwork.

Artwork still counts, which is why Disney can and does shut down businesses that prominently display fan work of their characters.  Just because it's hard to enforce an IP violation doesn't make it magically not a violation.

In the past Hasbro was more loose with their copyright defense.  Know what happened?  They lost their rights to some of their characters!  This is why they're so harsh on any fan creation that could be considered competing properties like the games.  They've been really free with things that don't compete though, and I don't think it's right to mock that kind of generosity.  The fan community is part of what makes MLP FiM awesome, but the other part is that Hasbro is doing everything it can to keep it awesome for everyone.

You have a fair point but the fact still stands that a fanbase is a companies main source of income and only a fool would attempt to make their fanbase hate them because then they wouldn't buy their products. So it's generally a rule of thumb for most companies to let artwork slide as long as people aren't getting a profit from it.

 

[??????]

Ignoring on grounds of bashing sprites due to obvious hate for mlp related artwork.

I request you to inform me how my opinion can be defined as ' obvious hate for mlp related artwork' ? If you remember correctly, (when you first posted the images) I stated how I liked them and even requested you to make a black one.

You are CLEARLY in denial of the fact that YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE POSTED SOMEONE ELSE'S IMAGES WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION!!!!!!

end of discussion.

 

[deathsia]

I request you to inform me how my opinion can be defined as ' obvious hate for mlp related artwork' ? If you remember correctly, (when you first posted the images) I stated how I liked them and even requested you to make a black one.

You are CLEARLY in denial of the fact that YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE POSTED SOMEONE ELSE'S IMAGES WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION!!!!!!

end of discussion.

I love it when someone's respect and "omg make me one!" fanboying goes out the window when they realize that they didn't make them from scratch and are simply using other resources to create said sprites.

You think it's easy making sprites? By all means prove this. I may have simply used a sprite base but I COLORED and ADDED EVERY SINGLE DETAIL to those sprites from the bases which took me DAYS to finish.

 

[Celianna]

Are these sprites 100% your original work (IP rights not withstanding), including the base?

 

[deathsia]

Are these sprites 100% your original work (IP rights not withstanding), including the base?

The base is from the resources I mentioned earlier with the link provided in my OP, I can even upload the sprite bases and sprite parts I used to build these to prove this. In fact:





Both of which I used to build the sprites in my OP along with the parts provided in the link which is shown in OP.

 

[Celianna]

Considering the base is created by someone who allows edits, provided they're credited, this thread has nothing wrong with it. Carry on.


Do note that if we get contacted by Hasbro themselves, we will comply with their terms.

 

[Andar]

You have a fair point but the fact still stands that a fanbase is a companies main source of income and only a fool would attempt to make their fanbase hate them because then they wouldn't buy their products. So it's generally a rule of thumb for most companies to let artwork slide as long as people aren't getting a profit from it.

Unfortunately it isn't that simple - and I'm not talking about whether someone profits from fanmade work or not.
If copyright violations (inlcuding free fanmade, non-com stuff) becomes too common, a rival company can try to have an artists/authors/developers copyright declared voided based on the fact that he/she allowed fans to violate his/her copyright without getting prosecuted.


An author who is basically pro-fandom once wrote why he can't allow fanfics. Go to the following link, and click on the question about fanfic (from Jan 2011) and read that...


http://www.davidweber.net/faqs/index/series:0

 

[Archeia]

Hey guys I contacted the artist. Urimas said it's okay since s/he was mentioned in the thread.

 

[deathsia]

Considering the base is created by someone who allows edits, provided they're credited, this thread has nothing wrong with it. Carry on.

Do note that if we get contacted by Hasbro themselves, we will comply with their terms.

Understood.

 

[deathsia]

Equestria girl spritesets anyone? :3

<INCOMPLETE I need frontal(walking down) and hindview(walking up) sprite sets for this!

Credit to :

Botchan-MLPOn deviant art for the original sprites which I have shrunk down and edited so they look nice on the sprite sheet format.

 

[Shaz]

deathsia, please avoid double posting, as it is against the forum rules. You can review our forum rules here. Thank you.


If you're posting again within 3 days and the last post is yours, just edit the post (lower right corner) and add the extra info

 

[Mouser]

Let me toss out a couple of things.

Trademarks are the weakest form of IP protection - they must be actively 'protected' by the owners or they risk losing their mark. That's what Sharma was referring to (you can't lose a copyright or a patent - patents are the strongest form of IP protection, hence the more limited terms). It isn't a case of Hasbro being nice or not nice - it's a case of Hasbro invested a lot of money into something and doesn't want to lose that investment because they didn't follow the due diligence the law requires.

What you feel, think, believe, hope, want makes absolutely no difference in a courtroom. The federal statutes do. And that's where Hasbro could find itself if someone challenges their trademark based on all the 'fandom' that went by without a peep.

If you're here on this site, there's a good chance you want to create something. You'll probably have some ideas of what you want to allow people to do or not do with the stuff you create. Hasbro (and every other content creator) has the same right to say how the stuff they created gets used.