If they wanted to copyright a game idea then they would have to get a patent, and given getting patents on a game idea is very vague / hard to do its virtually impossible for someone to say ‘Hey I made a tower defence game, now you cant!’
The most someone may be able to do is patent a very specific aspect of the game design to stop it from being copied, but copyrighting the entire idea for a game is not possible.
I am referring more to the game content, rather than the idea. There’s software that can take a Roblox game’s content and reupload it (excluding local scripts), and I wonder if the game content is under the copyright act.
Remember, these are just my thoughts, any facts that are misleading or are incorrect, please feel free to reply with the correct answer! And, I also think this may be the wrong category! (Again, please correct me if I’m wrong!)
It wouldn’t be legally held under copyright, and roblox won’t tend to take action since its virtually impossible to prove its a copy and not an incredibly realistic remake, So no, the game content isn’t covered by the copyright act since its virtually impossible to prove it was stolen instead of replicated.
For example, if I spawned in a part, I cant say ‘This part is mine now, anyone else with this part with the same properties in their game is infringing copyright’ An extreme example but gives an easy view on why its an annoying issue
Keep in mind im not a lawyer, this is just as much as I know from what ive seen.
I just looked it up and it is the same with US law. Creative work is automatically protected, although I do not know all the details. Most large groups have some sort of copyright text in their description, which can be misleading as it might be a way to scare off others rather than a legitimate statement. I can’t access Discussion so I have no clue where else to place it.
Roblox is a private company so it might all fall under their Terms, but from what I have read on this subject of creating games inside games, everything it very cloudy and misleading.
I think they mean as if nobody can plagiarize someone else’s work in the U.S, and UK. Also, meaning that people can hold someone else against plagiarizing their work, aka, somewhat like copyright. (Correct me if something in this reply is wrong or misleading!) Also, happy cakeday!
But then it moves onto the next point. I believe in America it is a illegal to falsely copyright something that cannot be copyrighted, and although rare, can face prosecution. In this case then shouldn’t all these Roblox groups be prosecuted/punished?
From what I know, when you upload a game to Roblox it becomes a Roblox property, meaning that they can use your game for any purprose, included economical ones.
So it’s impossible to copyright a game on Roblox, since the game itself is a Roblox property and not your property (I might be wrong).
If you want to have a better understanding of your rights and the Roblox rights on your work the following link has everything you need to know:
I am wondering if this works for logos. I have had logos stolen from me with no credit to me. I have not received anything for the stolen artwork. Would I be able to do anything to receive compensation or get ownership over my artwork?
