It really comes down to the fact that what is dirived work and what is “inspired by” is very loosely defined in general, because there is no definitive way you can declare that. Instead it is something that is “reasonably believed to be” in a case-by-case basis.
So where as my “Pasta Wars” example is clearly a derivitive work, if you made a “Noodle Battle” and had different pasta based weapons, and some unique mechanics, it might not be able to be considered a derivitive work anymore, and instead would just be insispired by other games like it.
It’s not that it’s ambigious, it’s that it’s a legal lens to look at “what is derivitive and not” which is complex.
i think a huge problem with adding age to clothing is 13+ users could just go into a game with >13 users and would be wearing the more “mature” clothing, exposing kids to it
There are a lot of “Lifting / Weight simulators” which are all the same and look the same.
If they really want to have this rules they should remove all of them
I feel like even though these ads aren’t necessarily breaking any rules, (I think.) these should be put as a don’t on the rules list. Usually, the people who use these ads are the wealthier class and groups that are already quite large, meaning that they probably didn’t actually spend ALL their robux. The second ad could simply be a flat out lie, a simple way to get nice people to feel bad for something that most likely isn’t true. (This is literally taking advantage of kind people.) In my opinion, these ads should be outlawed.
Keep in mind, roblox ads are supposed to be truthful, accurate depictions of gameplay and should show you what you should expect when you click. I’m not saying all ads should be like this, but they should be at least related to the content.
COPPA is intended to combat gathering, storing, and using info from specific users under 13. You aren’t allowed to create a profile for ad targetting from gathered data on specific players.
eg: If Billy really likes games about icecream, you aren’t allowed to go “ok let’s make our formula figure out he likes icecream and give him ads about icecream”
Aiming games at players under 13 years old seems to be fine if it’s just a toggle for a range of players. Otherwise no one would be able to advertise anything like toys, games, tv shows to kids.
What is more likely to violate COPPA is Roblox’s suggested games feature to young children. Because that’s gathering data and using that information to serve content to the child. But this might not fall explicitly under the “advertising” notion.
Yes copying ideas is allowed, but copying the whole gameplay experience and having a 1:1 game as another with some different visuals is copying.
Nearly every weight / lifting simulator is the same and have the same gameplay experience as the others, these are 100% copys.
If you look at Piggy games, there are so many “copying” this idea, but every game has its own “story” and “gameplay”. Lifting / weight simulators look mostly all the same and the gameplay is the same, they are 100% copys.
Ugh. I’ve checked the web archive to see what’s been updated and it’s hilarious. Basically every terms of service ever you’d see on every website now… Well atleast the ugandan knuckles part is off of there.
I agree. I’ve seen multiple “Mafia” groups on Roblox that actually go the full nine yards to act like a real mafia, and they’re still up and have been for years. By all accounts, they should fall under that rule and those groups should be locked and their names deleted.
You should have probably read the page you linked, it has LocalUserSecurity, so it can’t be used just like that. The developer hub has a bad example though, but it is probably outdated.
