About copyright issues

[OldManClayton]

Hey! I just want everyone to know, don't steal artwork! On the cow tippin' game I uploaded, it was brought to my attention that someone thought it was okay to steal my work. NO. Feel free to use the 3d engine, as this was from a tutorial and is not mine, but please don't be a jerk and steal the logo, idea, or art. This is stealing. If I'm wrong, and it's allowed, please be nice and skip it this time.
However, I am fairly confident that stealing is not allowed, and in any case I uploaded to MY website, and stealing is not allowed there.

[neat_Kliker2]

i didnt change your game or anything, i showed you the rules that you are agreeing to when posting files in the file upload forum, lots of people uploaded things to the old forum and thought people would not use the music or sounds, but your agreeing that people can if you upload them

[Pkeod]

Yeah, you agree to upload non-copyrighted things when you do upload. If you want to upload something that you intend to keep copyright then you simply cannot upload it... if you upload something that is already copyrighted then you're breaking the rules.

[Nifflas]

The rule actually goes like:

4. The file does not infringe on any copyright issues

That doesn't mean that you lose the copyright of your creation just because you upload it. It's still yours, and nobody can use it legally without your written permission.

However, beware of the power of misunderstandings. A lot of people do not care what is copyrighted, and there's an infinite number of people who simply do not understand how the rules works, and think that anything that was uploaded somewhere is automatically public domain. If you upload it, it will probably happen that somebody uses it.

[OldManClayton]

I understand that people ignore rules. And I figured that my work could be stolen; but I don't want people who DO follow rules to believe that it's alright to take someone's work. Pkeod, I don't believe that is what the rule states. It is mine, I made it, and the rules don't say anything about my copyright being voided. It's not too important in this case anyway, the art isn't my greatest and the game was just a little something I threw together. Just wanted to clear things up. And anyway, people keep quoting the upload rules FOR THIS FORUM. As I've said before, I uploaded to MY site.

[OldManClayton]

By the way, neat_Klicker2, I didn't mean that I thought you stole my work. I understand you were just pointing it out.

[Nifflas]

OldManClayton: I used the upload rules to defend you.

4. The file does not infringe on any copyright issues

...which means:

"The file you upload must not infringe on anyone else's copyright"

...and does not mean:

"You lose your copyright if you upload the file"

So even if the rules did apply to you, they wouldn't be able to claim the right to use your material. Since there was misunderstandings related to that rule, so of course it's relevant to quote the upload rules to clear out all misunderstandings, because the same thing might happen to somebody else than you, and that person might have used the file attachment thing.

[Pkeod]

And I quote:

"Post And File Release
You agree all information and files uploaded to the Clickteam forum are considered public domain.
Clickteam may re-distribute your post and/or files in any format they desire.
Without further compensation or permission required.
If you do not agree, please do not post restricted content to this forum."

In my post above, I was talking about the rules when you upload to this forum.

[Nifflas]

Oh? I just searched and didn't actually find those rules anywhere. Were they the rules for the old forum?

[neat_Kliker2]

http://www.clickteam.com/CTforum/showflat.php3?Cat=&Board=upload&Number=14634&page= 0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&part=