What are "Ripped" Resources?

[Chester]

Hello

I read that for some sites to accept your commercial game, it must not contain any "ripped" resources. So I'm not sure about what "ripped" resources are. Can someone clarify this for me?

Thanks!

 

[EternalShadow]

Resources basically extracted from game files or code, that other people have made.

 

[Chester]

So does that mean that I cannot use resources that the owner approves for commercial games ? In other words, does that mean that all resources must come from default RPG Maker and myself ?

 

[EternalShadow]

So does that mean that I cannot use resources that the owner approves for commercial games ? In other words, does that mean that all resources must come from default RPG Maker and myself ?

Huh? If the resource creator has ALLOWED you to use the resources, and you are NOT actually TAKING THEM FROM A GAME FILE, then they are not "ripped". For example, if I stuck a Final Fantasy disc into my computer and started prying around and taking game materials and code, that would be ripping the resources.


I think you misinterpreted what I said in regards to "that other people have made". I am referring to the GAMES that "other people have made", not the resources themselves!

 

[Tsukihime]

You draw a sprite and put it on your website.


Person A sees it and asks you if he can use it. You let Person A use it in their game.


Person A encrypts their project, then releases the game.


Person B decides to unpack that project and use the sprite in his own project.


Person B has ripped the sprite.


It's a matter of where the resource was obtained. Whether the original artist allows it or not is irrelevant.


The resource could be free for all that matters, but that is not related to whether it was ripped or not.

 

[gRaViJa]

The easiest example: you stole graphics (or music, or...) from let's say Final Fantasy 6 and used them in your game.

 

[Chester]

Ok Thank you all for help it was good meow :3

 

[Andar]

To make it more clear to everyone:


Ripping is a special technique of stealing or pirating resources.

 

[Lunarea]

Also, please note that there are people out there who will rip a resource from a game or from another artist and pretend it's theirs. So, do your research and only use resources from reputable sources.

 

[Tsukihime]

To make it more clear to everyone:


Ripping is a special technique of stealing or pirating resources.

Kind of wondering whether it would be considered ripping if someone simply copy-pasted unprotected files from the game disk/folder.

 

[Neon Black]

The elaborateness of the method isn't what matters in this case. Taking graphics or other resources which you do not have permission to use is what matters. When speaking of ripping in this context this is what we are referring to. Though simply copying readily accessible files is technically not ripping it is just as discouraged if you do not have permission to use the media.

 

[Celianna]

Kind of wondering whether it would be considered ripping if someone simply copy-pasted unprotected files from the game disk/folder.

Ripping would mean extracting data from a file that you do not own the rights to. Whether the data is easily accessible or not, doesn't matter. You don't own the rights to it - don't do it.

 

[kerbonklin]

If someone made a non-commercial game with their own made resources, and I were to take those resources, it is still considered ripping/pirating/stealing.

Well by definition ripping just means the method of file obtaining from a source, but its meaning and uses relates into pirating/stealing most times.

Also as an added bonus to the first sentence, the owner of that game would also have the right to ask me to remove those resources from my game, and I would have to abide by it.

 

[Engr. Adiktuzmiko]

Most basic form of ripping we see is the ripping of resources from AAA games... A number of games on here sadly have those.


Anyway, yeah, just don't use anything that you don't have the explicit rights to do so.

 

[Shaz]

In a commercial game, you are allowed to use resources that are posted - by the artist - as free for others to use commercially, or resources that you have paid for, where the license allows commercial use.


Be careful of people who post lots of resource collections - many of them have compiled the resources, which means they "found" them and put them together in a pack, but they did not actually create them. These collections often have lots of ripped resources.