Massive Sam and Max Copyright infringement.
A friend and myself were surfing through the net when we found this http://www.furaffinity.net/view/4245498
Two people are using the Sam and Max characters unlicensed to create a side scrolling beat'em up game, and are charging people from the furry fandom $50 to add their characters to said game.
This is profiting off the Sam and Max character names and franchise and a blatent copyright infringement.
I didn't know where else to post this.
-Shawni
Two people are using the Sam and Max characters unlicensed to create a side scrolling beat'em up game, and are charging people from the furry fandom $50 to add their characters to said game.
This is profiting off the Sam and Max character names and franchise and a blatent copyright infringement.
I didn't know where else to post this.
-Shawni
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Also, the teeth are all wrong. Why God, why?!
The worst thing is that Sam wears no golden shorts in that NSFW version.
Plus, a link to FurAffinity in my Telltale Forum makes me sad
And 50 bucks? What the hell?!
But in this case, it obviously isn't a non-profit game. $50!!! They got a nerve...
Not exactly, I assume Telltale has it where you can make fan art and fan creations, just as long as you acknowledge the creators and don't make profit.
These people, however, are making profit.
Telltale could probably easily win this court case, though. As the post says, it's only 2 guys making it and if they'll need people's $50 then they must not be loaded.
However, I want the case in court to be filmed, or at least in a court that films all it's cases (Judge Judy, anyone?)
That would be awesome.
Not sure if this would help at all. (Or infact make everything worse...)
I am so glad that when I try to click on the NSFW version it tells me I'm not allowed to view it. I thought it was because I don't have a furaffinity account, but now I think it is because my laptop values my eyes.
I hope telltale (or whoever) put a stop to this. they are going to make quite a profit off sam n max if they charge $50 a character. If it was all free, itd be a kinda neat fan game (minus the furries), but charging like that grrrrr.
now to make us more happy heres guybrush doing some type of dance
:guybrush:
This post pretty much explains why I hate furries.
So please explain, why DO you hate me? I am pretty sure I never made a S&M fangame and charged for it... :rolleyes:
Depends, either you stir up unwanted drama or you rape my childhood.
Of course, I only hate those kinds of Furries. :P
And knowing what crap there is from these people as well as the junk I've seen on deviant art... the game will suck.
The fangame itself is free and non-commercial.
They're doing commisions for your characters. It's common in art sites. You pay x amount of money for a drawing. In this case, you pay 50$ for a full sprite sheet of your character.
For example I am a developer of a fangame for a gamefranchise, and the current owner of the IP made it pretty clear we are allowed to continue, but only if we make profit in NO WAY. So no selling booster packs, or custom avatars or wheter which would resemble what happens here, but would infact not have anything to do with the "real IP"...
I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Sam and Max attracts that kind of fanbase, but it's still creepy.
No offense.
I think this is pretty copyright infringing. They didn't even put it in the fanart category. In fact, I see no acknowledgement that the characters aren't theirs at all.
And there is some good art on that site as long as you keep the filters on.
I'll just call the developers a pair of wank lobsters and leave it at that
It shouldn't be an issue of seing them maybe just tell them to stop making money from their intellectual property and if that doesn't work they could choose to take legal action.
Not if
a) it's correctly stated further up the thread that they claim to have created the characters themselves.
b) this whole "give me $50" thing is just a scam.
What game franchise?
I think justice might have been served...