some legality questions

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Date: Wednesday, 2011-08-10, 10:33 AM | Message # 1

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i worry about the legality of the characters that used with mugen engine
are gamers designed characters legal to be used
like street fighters / mortal komat / capcom / mario / dragon ball / marvel characters are legal to be used
or need a permission of their companies?
what comanies permitt to use their characters without troubles of copyrights?

waiting ur answer to start collecting characters.......

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Date: Wednesday, 2011-08-10, 2:04 PM | Message # 2

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Oh well...
MUGEN is a fanmade game
A NON-PROFIT game

So long as people don't sell Mugen or gain money from it in anyway, it's ok for the companies

It's a fanwork, it's not illegal

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Date: Friday, 2011-08-12, 8:53 AM | Message # 3

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i found a fighting program called mugen i found some of ur characters used by fans in this game am i allowed to use ur characters in this fanmade games or it itis prohibted? thanks

Answer 8/11/2011 via Website
Hello htm,

While we appreciate the efforts and enthusiasm of our fans, we don't permit the use of our properties in unlicensed or unofficial games due to legal and quality control issues.

CAPCOM Customer Support

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Date: Friday, 2011-08-12, 12:09 PM | Message # 4

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http://mugenguild.com/forumx/index.php?topic=62291.msg516922#msg516922

That should answer any questions regarding legality.

Message edited by sweetfire13 - Friday, 2011-08-12, 12:09 PM

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Date: Friday, 2011-08-12, 4:43 PM | Message # 5

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Answer 8/11/2011 via Website
Hello htm,

While we appreciate the efforts and enthusiasm of our fans, we don't permit the use of our properties in unlicensed or unofficial games due to legal and quality control issues.

CAPCOM Customer Support

Things change I guess, the companies weren't uptight about it when i sent them an email on said topic

Truthfully, I'm more concerned about Electbyte, the guys who made the Mugen engine
Why did they suddenly disappear? Was it really because of copyright issues

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Date: Friday, 2011-08-12, 4:55 PM | Message # 6

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Things change I guess, the companies weren't uptight about it when i sent them an email on said topic Truthfully, I'm more concerned about Electbyte, the guys who made the Mugen engine Why did they suddenly disappear? Was it really because of copyright issues

Electbyte should really have nothing to be afraid of since all they did was make a fighting game engine. They did not produce any characters from any company.