Epic should have written proof that the IP has been released, or that the EGS store has itself obtained permission for the resale of these components from the current owners of the IP. The EGS should have, on file, a record of the agreement from the original copyright holder to the person submitting the IP for use in commercial software/games, for resale, through the EGS. It's not like there's THAT many ways to swing a weapon.īesides thinking that this is something that doesn't bode well for a game's overall quality (IMO, of course), Epic needs to go a bit further than just taking Joe Blow's word that he has cleared the use of this material from the owner of the IP. Hell, most people aren't even going to notice anyways if game X has a dude swinging a sword the same way as a dude in game Y. Can the devs modify it to make it more unique? Sure, but they DON'T have to, nor should they be asked to. The whole point of buying from a store is that it's now to do with however you please and to save time making the animation.
Isn't that what a tattoo artist does if you show him a picture you found and want on your skin? They don't draw it exact but make some slight alteration to it so that it's theirs at that point. Make a slight tweak to the animation to call it your own for the sake of differentiating from the rest. Not just everyone should be buying the same animation and directly throwing it into their games. I'm not sure the rules and legality over buying these assets and putting them in your game, but I want to almost say, they should come with a disclaimer that they're generic and have to be modified/tweaked slightly to make it your own before incorporating them into your project.
If an animation is available for sale and multiple people buy it for their game, is anyone at fault? Do the masses just pick which game is their favorite and point the finger at everyone else's project for having the same animations? We have a perfectly fine store that sells assets available for purchase for your own project (in this case animations). Let's imagine there is absolutely nothing wrong here. I also think it's funny that this just comes out now.
That depends where you bought them from I suppose. I don't understand how you can BUY animations specifically meant for use in your game but somehow not have the RIGHTs to use them. Out there too that assets on these storefronts seemingly cannot be purchased inīack to work we go! Again, thank you for bringing the issue to our attention and Included in the recent patches, and more are coming in the next few days)Ĭertainly this has been a huge lesson for us and hopefully other indie creators This is not satisfactory for us and so we have taken the decision to replace theĪssets purchased from the store over the next several days. So essentially, they state they cannot verify the copyright of the animation Such guarantee to purchasers of the content.” As with any store that hosts third-party content, however,Įpic is not in a position to independently verify such rights, and Epic makes no Seller represents and warrants to Epic that they have appropriate rights to
“Pursuant to the Marketplace Distribution Agreement, each Marketplace Have heard back from the escalation team at Epic which was as follows:
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Question: As promised here is an update on the animation asset issue. Is a copyright violation, and work is underway to replace the animations in Archangel Studios says it is not ignoring the possibility that this This repeats a previous assertion that the animations were purchased from a Controversy surrounding some animations in Bleakįaith: Forsaken appearing to be identical to some in Elden Ring.
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