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Will it be a copyright infringement if I create an IOS/Android game based on a board game?
Hello. Let's say I have the desire and the opportunity, roughly speaking, to "transfer" the board game online.
The design will be worked out separately, but will I be able to use images of the game from the Internet? The ability to use the shapes of the figures, the playing field, various cards?
Well, is it possible to leave the rules as they are in the board itself? Am I violating copyright in this way if I do not print a clone of the game in a similar box and sell it in a nearby store across the street .. but create an online project based on a specific game and its rules. Perhaps with the same name ..
Tell me, who understands .. Is all of the above possible? Or what moments can be left, and what will have to be changed? Or even ah ah ah, so it's impossible?
The application will potentially be distributed all over the world, not only in the CIS.
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Yes, it would be a violation.
Pictures must be redrawn in such a way that it cannot be said that they are based on (using) pictures from the game (here the pictures are considered separately from each other and from the game).
The rules need to be slightly changed. Just a little bit so that you can say that these are different rules. This is not punishable, but is condemned by society, other developers and publishers (you may not want to cooperate with you in the future). Although the trends are changing...
The name of the game might be protected too, so it probably shouldn't be used. You can
use the idea . Ideas are not protected by copyright in any country, they can be safely taken, stolen, used, etc. Ideas are worth nothing.
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