Creative Commons

On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 18:31 -0400, Siddhartha Gandhi wrote:
> Hi, I'm planning to release my machinima videos under
Creative
> Commons. It is not a racial statement, just a
coicindental choice of
> colors because red vs. blue is taken, and you can see
our blog at
> www.xhalofilms.blogspot.com. A preview is located there
as well, and
> the final episode 1 will be released shortly.

Hi Siddhartha, but I'm not sure about the legal validity of
releasing
machinima videos. This is actually a good legal question.

If one makes a machinima film in World of Warcraft where all
content is
owned by Blizzard entertainment, can one then make a
machinima film and
then sell and or license that content? I think this is not
legal.

It would be legal though to do this in Second Life or some
Open Source
3D app where the characters are cleared for usage.

Assets in 3D games and other apps are locked down majorly...

Maybe a lawyer in the house could shed more light onto
this...

Jon

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Quoting Jon Phillips <jonrejon.org>:

> On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 18:31 -0400, Siddhartha Gandhi
wrote:
>> Hi, I'm planning to release my machinima videos
under Creative
>> Commons. It is not a racial statement, just a
coicindental choice of
>> colors because red vs. blue is taken, and you can
see our blog at
>> www.xhalofilms.blogspot.com. A preview is located
there as well, and
>> the final episode 1 will be released shortly.
>
> Hi Siddhartha, but I'm not sure about the legal
validity of releasing
> machinima videos. This is actually a good legal
question.
>
> If one makes a machinima film in World of Warcraft
where all content is
> owned by Blizzard entertainment, can one then make a
machinima film and
> then sell and or license that content? I think this is
not legal.

Welll. It could be fair use, depending on your jurisdiction
and exactly 
what you
do with your machinima. Selling it and licensing it might go
against fair use.

But I recently had an exchange with a machinima group who
got permission from
Bioware to release their work NC
(http:/
/www.robmyers.org/weblog/2006/04/30/223/), so perhaps
Blizzard would
give permission to release this NC.

- Rob.

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Quoting Jon Phillips <jonrejon.org>:

> On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 18:31 -0400, Siddhartha Gandhi
wrote:
>> Hi, I'm planning to release my machinima videos
under Creative
>> Commons. It is not a racial statement, just a
coicindental choice of
>> colors because red vs. blue is taken, and you can
see our blog at
>> www.xhalofilms.blogspot.com. A preview is located
there as well, and
>> the final episode 1 will be released shortly.
>
> Hi Siddhartha, but I'm not sure about the legal
validity of releasing
> machinima videos. This is actually a good legal
question.
>
> If one makes a machinima film in World of Warcraft
where all content is
> owned by Blizzard entertainment, can one then make a
machinima film and
> then sell and or license that content? I think this is
not legal.

Welll. It could be fair use, depending on your jurisdiction
and exactly 
what you
do with your machinima. Selling it and licensing it might go
against fair use.

But I recently had an exchange with a machinima group who
got permission from
Bioware to release their work NC
(http:/
/www.robmyers.org/weblog/2006/04/30/223/), so perhaps
Blizzard would
give permission to release this NC.

- Rob.

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On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 09:55 +0100, robrobmyers.org wrote:
> Quoting Jon Phillips <jonrejon.org>:
> 
> > On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 18:31 -0400, Siddhartha
Gandhi wrote:
> >> Hi, I'm planning to release my machinima
videos under Creative
> >> Commons. It is not a racial statement, just a
coicindental choice of
> >> colors because red vs. blue is taken, and you
can see our blog at
> >> www.xhalofilms.blogspot.com. A preview is
located there as well, and
> >> the final episode 1 will be released shortly.
> >
> > Hi Siddhartha, but I'm not sure about the legal
validity of releasing
> > machinima videos. This is actually a good legal
question.
> >
> > If one makes a machinima film in World of Warcraft
where all content is
> > owned by Blizzard entertainment, can one then make
a machinima film and
> > then sell and or license that content? I think
this is not legal.
> 
> Welll. It could be fair use, depending on your
jurisdiction and exactly 
> what you
> do with your machinima. Selling it and licensing it
might go against fair use.
> 
> But I recently had an exchange with a machinima group
who got permission from
> Bioware to release their work NC
> (http:/
/www.robmyers.org/weblog/2006/04/30/223/), so perhaps
Blizzard would
> give permission to release this NC.
> 
> - Rob.

Aha, this would be a good thing to document on the
ccWiki...help open up
the blood vessels on the ole' machinima groups distribution
and
licensing...

Is anyone interested in this that does Machinima?

Jon

> 
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On Tue, 2006-08-29 at 09:55 +0100, robrobmyers.org wrote:
> Quoting Jon Phillips <jonrejon.org>:
> 
> > On Fri, 2006-05-12 at 18:31 -0400, Siddhartha
Gandhi wrote:
> >> Hi, I'm planning to release my machinima
videos under Creative
> >> Commons. It is not a racial statement, just a
coicindental choice of
> >> colors because red vs. blue is taken, and you
can see our blog at
> >> www.xhalofilms.blogspot.com. A preview is
located there as well, and
> >> the final episode 1 will be released shortly.
> >
> > Hi Siddhartha, but I'm not sure about the legal
validity of releasing
> > machinima videos. This is actually a good legal
question.
> >
> > If one makes a machinima film in World of Warcraft
where all content is
> > owned by Blizzard entertainment, can one then make
a machinima film and
> > then sell and or license that content? I think
this is not legal.
> 
> Welll. It could be fair use, depending on your
jurisdiction and exactly 
> what you
> do with your machinima. Selling it and licensing it
might go against fair use.
> 
> But I recently had an exchange with a machinima group
who got permission from
> Bioware to release their work NC
> (http:/
/www.robmyers.org/weblog/2006/04/30/223/), so perhaps
Blizzard would
> give permission to release this NC.
> 
> - Rob.

Aha, this would be a good thing to document on the
ccWiki...help open up
the blood vessels on the ole' machinima groups distribution
and
licensing...

Is anyone interested in this that does Machinima?

Jon

> 
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Jon Phillips

San Francisco, CA
USA PH 510.499.0894
jonrejon.org
http://www.rejon.org

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