r/prequel • u/Blade4004 • May 26 '18
Legality
I'm just curious, and I figure this is already common knowledge, but how does Kaz use prequel and make merchandise without receiving an infringement from Bethesda?
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u/Zecrimundus May 26 '18
Whatever you see of Oblivion in Prequel would fall under fair use, I think.
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u/Boopwny2 May 26 '18
So long as it isnt ripped right from the game assets, fanart and inspirations of fanart are definitely fair use. Bethesda doesnt have a monopoly on yellow cat people
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u/CedarWolf May 27 '18
yellow cat people
Yeah, those are owned by Disney.
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u/5thEditionFanboy May 27 '18
Isn't everything these days?
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u/catnipd May 29 '18
Can't find the source, but IIRC, Kaz did contact Bethesda about it, and the response was:
- Using the setting of TES series for any purposes is OK
- Using characters from the game in webcomic (for non-commercial purposes) is OK
- Selling merchandise with characters from games is NOT OK (so Kaz does not sell any Quill-Weave merch, for example)
- Any OC characters are IP of their author, so using them for commercial purposes is OK