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I think the way it works here is you can use franchises, but not claim them as your own.

It's safe, Just give credit to who you got it from in the project notes.

(Please don't blockspam.)

From how I understand it, it's a combination of the fact that projects here are non-profit and released as open-source under the creative commons license coupled with the amount of work it would take for companies to find and persecute the little man using their stuff all over the internet being too great.

I'll see whether the Scratch Team have anything good to add, I seem to remember there being a big fuss about Nintendo characters in projects a while back!

soniku3 wrote:

Yes. Since ASPA COPA PIPA etc. did not pass. It's okay.

That's useless info. It's sort of like saying, if the teacher isn't looking, it's okay to talk in class... you can, but should you?

sparks wrote:

bobbybee wrote:

That's useless info. It's sort of like saying, if the teacher isn't looking, it's okay to talk in class... you can, but should you?

Well good thing Paddle gave a better answer above then, huh? 

I guess. IMO, it's just better to make the content/use public domain. Besides, it makes your game look more original.

this forum is worrying me so instead may i ask you guys if you can see and tell me what my approach was for a copyright project it may change something

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/ST3PH3N/2920937

extra links just in case :

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/ST3PH3N/2920937
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/ST3PH3N/2920937
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/ST3PH3N/2920937
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/ST3PH3N/2920937

ST3PH3N wrote:

this thread is helping but by fair use do i need to littreally use it a fair amount or does it require to have a fair amount of copyright i uploaded one with ONLY coprighted sprites and its the only (c)opyright project i has

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"Fair Use" means that you're not using it in a way that causes financial/economic issues on the copyright owner. I'll give an example:

Let's say you want to make a slide show of your vacation photos and add music in the background; let's also say that the music you want to use is from the Star Wars movie. If you just made that slide to show to family members and friends, then it would fall under "Fair Use" because it's just for fun. If you made the slide show and sold it to people, then it does not fall under "Fair Use" because you're making money and the music composer is not getting paid.

A good rule of thumb for "Fair Use" is that it works in your favor if you're not making any money off of the work. Since we don't make money from selling Scratch projects, you can probably declare "Fair Use" here. I took a look at your project link and read the notes - it looks fine to me. 

Sometimes companies do contact us about certain projects, but we sometimes respond back telling them what Scratch is all about - and sometimes they drop the issue or go with a compromise where a link to the original game is found in the project notes. The worst thing that could happen in your case is if Nintendo contacts the Scratch Team to have the project removed from the website (like when Namco-Bandai was throwing a hissy fit over a kid's fan project of Pac-Man), but that's about it. It's very, very unlikely, but if it does we won't hold grudges against you if that happens (we do want you to enjoy and learn from Scratch, and one of the best ways to learn is by trying to learn how a game works, or by building upon the ideas you already know to create new ones).

soniku3 wrote:

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Please be constructive when commenting.

wow thanks i obviously know and dont want to make a profit out of my projects after al i only want to uplaod for my fun and the other peoples                and the great thing is the pkmn sprites i downlaoded had a readme file so    i didnt need to do anywork besides copy and pasting 2 sentences

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hendrik i see your new to scratch welcome this post discusses about the use of copyright property that isnt your own and now i figured u can use that stuff    anyways enjoy scratch