should the scratch team let scratch projects to be copyrightable?

crazyfrogcat wrote:

should the scratch team let scratch projects to be copyrightable?

YES YES YES YES.

AstraLunI wrote:

crazyfrogcat wrote:

should the scratch team let scratch projects to be copyrightable?

YES YES YES YES.

no. copyright is dumb and stupid and i don't like it. and furthermore that would go against REMIX CULTURE

guess what…

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BringUpYourPost wrote:

AstraLunI wrote:

crazyfrogcat wrote:

should the scratch team let scratch projects to be copyrightable?

YES YES YES YES.

no. copyright is dumb and stupid and i don't like it. and furthermore that would go against REMIX CULTURE

only is the copy right doesn't allow people to 70-100% the same as what you made (so good changes won't that game down)

crazyfrogcat wrote:

BringUpYourPost wrote:

AstraLunI wrote:

crazyfrogcat wrote:

should the scratch team let scratch projects to be copyrightable?

YES YES YES YES.

no. copyright is dumb and stupid and i don't like it. and furthermore that would go against REMIX CULTURE

only is the copy right doesn't allow people to 70-100% the same as what you made (so good changes won't that game down)

But then that limits remixing, and in some cases, could prohibit remixing, which is not allowed. Plus, this should be in Suggestions.

Mozboz wrote:

crazyfrogcat wrote:

BringUpYourPost wrote:

AstraLunI wrote:

crazyfrogcat wrote:

should the scratch team let scratch projects to be copyrightable?

YES YES YES YES.

no. copyright is dumb and stupid and i don't like it. and furthermore that would go against REMIX CULTURE

only is the copy right doesn't allow people to 70-100% the same as what you made (so good changes won't that game down)

But then that limits remixing, and in some cases, could prohibit remixing, which is not allowed. Plus, this should be in Suggestions.

um… not when using a usual copyright rules (so you can say i made it first) and anther compony or person recreates it the scratcher it the first and they can't copyright (so the other person doesn't let them recreate their own stuff but the other person does copyright it and they take the first version down (i don't want to get hard work stolen and reshared by anther person) so it's a yes

crazyfrogcat wrote:

should the scratch team let scratch projects to be copyrightable?

I think not, because it severely limits the amount of content that some young Scratchers can make/use.

Creating a Scratch project means you already own the copyright to the project and any original art in it, so no need for the Scratch Team to get involved there. If you see an exact copy of your project on Scratch, you can report that.

However, sharing a project to the Scratch website basically means that anyone can remix the project as long as they give credit to you and Scratch, due to this license.

If you don't want people to remix your project, don't share your project on the Scratch website.

(I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice.)

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On July 29, 2010, a Pac-Man project by the user 124scratch was taken off of the Scratch Website by request of Bandai Namco Entertainment (then known as Bandai Namco Games), the owners of the original Pac-Man game.

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