This game is such a rip-off you won't believe the DRM it comes with. If I'm not connected to Shinnox's authentication server then Red Scorpion, Y2K, Gameboy Sub Zero, Rubber Soul Reptile, White Noob Saibot, and Shin Level 2 Rain are locked. In order to even connect to the authentication server, I have to pay 5 bucks a month and I can only get the subscription code by getting this game new. Don't even get me started about the pre-order bonuses. At least the Tournament Edition update will be multiplatform and nerf Mortal Kombat 2 Reptile all for only $39.99
Iced said, January 24, 2012, 02:09:52 amhe is posting your stuff on the auction thread, that means he is fingering you for selling mugen and doing illegal stuff. illegal? lmao yea mmk. im not doing anything wrong. people steal my shit and wanna put it up for sale and make money off my hard work? all the time and effort and late ass nights coding and making everything? fuck that. if anyone deserves it, its me. and after 5 years of work i think im entitled to it.as long as people are selling their own material and works and not someone esles i dont see anything wrong with it at all.and im not selling MUGEN im selling MY creations. theres a difference. they get the files and install them into the mugen engine. mugen its self is freeware. and you can whine bitch and moan all you want but Elecbyte or even "mugen" or "m.u.g.e.n" are not fucking legally/officially trademarked or legally copy written. yes they created it, but unless its legally trademarked then there is nothing they can really legally do about people selling the mugen engine. especially if someone came along and trademarked it themselves. bc if its not, its up for grabs."ohh but your selling copy written characters" blah blah. um yea and so is every person selling non licensed mk shirts, hats, patches, art, costumes, masks, custom action figures, and so on. i dont see you bitchin or complaining about those people for selling trade marked stuff. selling your own mugen works is no different then printing off a scorpion photo, ironing it to a shirt then sellin it on ebay. and look at how many of those are up on there, and the net in general. if youre gonna try and be some kind of copryright piracy police then go after everyone before pointing your ignorant ass finger at just mugen creators.
MUGEN is totally copyrighted and have sued people for selling the engine before :U. Hell they declare what copyright they have in the main mugen folder.
It's copyrighted. They tolerate that you distribute the EXE file along with your fullgame, but only if it's free, and just to ease the process for people who are interested in a fullgame but not in Mugen directly.
Didn't Elecbyte sue Vyx for selling it, or "asking for donations" as he said, if I recall correctly? What happened in the end?
You can really only sell your stuff if you make the sprites and etc yourself, like borghi did, if you are using mk assets, you are stealing their assets and they are able to come down on your ass, or worse, come down on the collective elecbyte ass. So yeah its illegal. The same way that even if you draw a full story of spider-man using your remixed panels from comics, its ilegal. ( Even if it was full of hard work!) Heck, the guy is selling his chars on EBAY of all things, they have a ton of rules about that and will pull the auctions if reported, because, once again, its illegal.Donate buttons and the like , however, are not.
Cybaster said, January 24, 2012, 02:58:26 pmI'll hack your website and redirect all the money to my paypal account ! Well, there goes my idea. Damnit Cybaster!!
you could even have a goal button, like "if we reach X donations we release the next thing" as long as you are not charging for copyrighted material you are fine.
I've seen a lot of people do this with art. It works for convincing people into using the donation button. Apart from that, they usually release other things for free or accept comissions.
Iced said, January 24, 2012, 03:08:41 pmyou could even have a goal button, like "if we reach X donations we release the next thing" as long as you are not charging for copyrighted material you are fine.sounds like an easier way to be doing the same thing.
Nanashi_1337 said, January 24, 2012, 02:41:41 pmDidn't Elecbyte sue Vyx for selling it, or "asking for donations" as he said, if I recall correctly? What happened in the end?he didn't ask for donations he sold it. And he was sued lol
Shinnox said, January 24, 2012, 05:16:11 pmIced said, January 24, 2012, 03:08:41 pmyou could even have a goal button, like "if we reach X donations we release the next thing" as long as you are not charging for copyrighted material you are fine.sounds like an easier way to be doing the same thing.yes man but the difference is that its legal, you cant be persecuted for selling copyrighted sprites or anything if you arent selling them like that.
OverHappy Kamekaze said, January 24, 2012, 09:16:29 pmNanashi_1337 said, January 24, 2012, 02:41:41 pmDidn't Elecbyte sue Vyx for selling it, or "asking for donations" as he said, if I recall correctly? What happened in the end?he didn't ask for donations he sold it. And he was sued lolhow do we know for sure it actually happened? man i could buy a plane ticket just to see it live
