Well, you know what they say about great minds... Grin. Good luck with it man. Later, Che
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 11:28 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] copyright solution > Hi Che, > Actually, this is exactly what I had planned to do for Tomb Raider. I > was planning on releasing/selling the game under a generic title called > Tomb Hunter, siting it is a Tomb Raider-like game, but then later > release an anonymous sound pack with music and Tomb Raider effects which > updates the game to Tomb Raider. I legally don't market it as Tomb > Raider, don't use Lara Croft directly, but will have the option > available to make it into Tomb Raider if desired. > > Che wrote: >> Well, it seems to me there is an easy solution to this problem. >> Make your game with generic sounds for everything, don't give it a >> title >> that is a licensed name, then upon game release a zip file mysteriously >> appears on the net that has all the sounds from the Star Wars universe >> whatever that neatly plugs into the game and replaces all sounds. >> The zip replacement would have no trackable source, and certainly would >> not have anything to do with the company that released this generic game, >> it >> just happened that a fan released a sound pack for it as far as they know >> and nothing they can do about it in any realistic way. >> This would cut into sales a bit, as you would not have a household >> name >> to market the game with, but word would get out quickly enough amongst >> the >> game community about what the deal was, and the sound pack would soon be >> shared amongst players. >> If you use this idea, you can send a cut of the profits to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED], grin. >> Later, >> Che >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
