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Originally Posted by magnetaress
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He could do it without EQ assets. But it can't resemble antonica in layout. And since he's done this project he'd be liable, or a liability to a company if the new game came too close.
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I'm not a lawyer, but I'm not sure that's quite right.
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Originally Posted by https://copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-protect.html
Copyright, a form of intellectual property law, protects original works of authorship including literary, dramatic, musical, and artistic works, such as poetry, novels, movies, songs, computer software, and architecture. Copyright does not protect facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation, although it may protect the way these things are expressed
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Images, like the textures used on everything in the game, are copyrightable. Text, like every line an NPC speaks (and every NPC name) is copyrightable. But the
layout?
Again, IANAL, but I that sounds more like "ideas, systems, or methods of operation" than "poetry, novels, movies" to me.
BTW, in general games are not copyrightable at all. You can copyright the picture on your monopoly box, and the board and the pieces and such, but you can't copyright the gameplay (which is why there are a million knockoff monopoly games).