I was sitting on my computer reading an article when I suddenly stumble on this add I found of League of Angels. Not League of Legends but of "Angels", note how it has a picture of Rengar. Is League of Angels associated with League of Legends? Why do they have a picture of Rengar on their advertisement?
Sir ArmaMalum25 votesAh League of Angels is at it again.
Funny thing is 3 different devs are claiming this game, and while they may be all simply under a more shady 'parent' game dev, needless to say they've been ripping off a lot of Riot's art for a while. Funny thing is it's not uncommon for people to use the art and a lot of League's asserts, and it's perfectly fine to do so under personal use (except for the League and Riot logo of course). The second you're making money off it though........
kanacho5 votesActually, making money just puts people to action because no company wants to not be making money off of their rightfully owned IP's. Redistributing content that is not yours (even if you don't claim it as your own) is still technically plagiarism and action can be taken against it. The national IP laws have been adopted by America not all that long ago, so I'm quite sure there are more than enough reasons for Riot to sue anyone who is stealing their IP's. The question is whether or not Riot actually wants to take the time to sue these people, and the practicality of actually taking legal action against them (whether or not that it is even worth their time).
Sir ArmaMalum2 votesiirc, and I admit it's been awhile since I've checked, Riot specifically opened up their art and other game related assets for public use for better community growth. Of course this is under the specific case of personal, non-profit use.
I completely agree League of Angels is such a shoddily made product I doubt Riot is even bothering, or if the are they're not really rushing the case.
kanacho1 votesAh, I was not aware of that. If that is the case then only personal non-profit use would be warranted like you said even with redistribution (wallpapers made with Riot's IP and the lot) (as far as I'm aware of anyway).
Dar19821 votesActually, making money just puts people to action because no company wants to not be making money off of their rightfully owned IP's. Redistributing content that is not yours (even if you don't claim it as your own) is still technically plagiarism and action can be taken against it. The national IP laws have been adopted by America not all that long ago, so I'm quite sure there are more than enough reasons for Riot to sue anyone who is stealing their IP's. The question is whether or not Riot actually wants to take the time to sue these people, and the practicality of actually taking legal action against them (whether or not that it is even worth their time).
problem comes when it is a Chinese company, there is no Intellectual property and copyright protection there, so they pretty much get to do what ever they want since china likes to say F you rest of the world and refuse to enforce infringement cases
Stacona2 votesPlagiarism is illegal and you can suffer jail time because of it --- small businesses are usually not worth sueing, but the second they get any growth they will get sued real fast for having copyright material... one exception around copyright work is if it is labeled as fanart and you directly did the artwork yourself [if you did not make the fanart yourself then it is still plagiarism] --- riot has created copyright skins in the past [bowser colour rammus, sesame street nunu, etc.] but they still used their own artists to create the work - even then they can never get away with that stuff now
Dar19821 votesPlagiarism is illegal and you can suffer jail time because of it --- small businesses are usually not worth sueing, but the second they get any growth they will get sued real fast for having copyright material... one exception around copyright work is if it is labeled as fanart and you directly did the artwork yourself [if you did not make the fanart yourself then it is still plagiarism] --- riot has created copyright skins in the past [bowser colour rammus, sesame street nunu, etc.] but they still used their own artists to create the work - even then they can never get away with that stuff now
They were themed, not carbon copies, and it is perfectly legal for riot to do so. by the way, fanart can be copyright infringement, as fan art does not typically fall under fair use. I recommend reading this article if you have any doubts on the legality of fan art and fan fiction. Both Anne Rice and H.K. Rowlings have successfully sued fans for fan art/fan fiction
Stacona1 votesi already said that riot used their own artists- but they cannot get away with obvious stuff like that unless they got permission from Nintendo which most likely involves paying them a sht ton of money just to have Nintendo theme related skins now - before when Riot wasn't that big back in beta and season 1 no one cared so Riot could do whatever the hell they wanted to - popularity and growth comes more responsibility and tighter rules
as far as fanart goes, you cannot sue someone for fanart unless you stole someone else's art otherwise as long as you are the artist that DIRECTLY made the work and labeled it as fanart and stated what the art is from then it is fine and you won't get in trouble [due note that you cannot make money from fanart, if you do not offer your directly made fanart as 100% free then that is where you get sued for it]
Dar19821 votesi already said that riot used their own artists- but they cannot get away with obvious stuff like that unless they got permission from Nintendo which most likely involves paying them a sht ton of money just to have Nintendo theme related skins now - before when Riot wasn't that big back in beta and season 1 no one cared so Riot could do whatever the hell they wanted to - popularity and growth comes more responsibility and tighter rules
as far as fanart goes, you cannot sue someone for fanart unless you stole someone else's art otherwise as long as you are the artist that DIRECTLY made the work and labeled it as fanart and stated what the art is from then it is fine and you won't get in trouble [due note that you cannot make money from fanart, if you do not offer your directly made fanart as 100% free then that is where you get sued for it]
i suggest you give that link i posted earlier a long read, it has all of the legality of fan art and fan fiction printed out fairly clearly. When you make a picture of a copyrighted character like say rengar, and exhibit it by posting it online , whether you are making money on it or not, riot has the right to destroy your art and sue you if they so chose and can and will win in court. it has been done too many times already. But Riot allows us to do fan art so no worries there.
There is a lot of myth that clouds the truth of fan art in regards to what you can and cannot be sued for.
Perhaps you’ve heard some of the following myths:
One-of-a-kind, original drawings and paintings are legal.
Since everyone does it, copyright holders must not care.
If I only sell fan art at conventions, and not online or in stores, it is okay.
If I’m not making a profit from my fan art, it is legal to draw someone else’s characters.
Fan art and copyright infringement might seem complicated, but really it isn’t:
Do you own the character in question?
Yes? Do what you please!
No? You have no legal right to profit from work featuring characters without permission from copyright holder.
No? You have almost no rights to create such works not for a profit, either.
Don't believe me, watch this video at San Diego comic con "Fan Art Law at Comic-Con" by deviant art. Feel free to skip the first 6 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBsTUjd910
Will you always get sued for fan art or fanfic? No, but the fact remains that you can be. It all depends on the company/artists/writer/creator/ip in question.
Stacona1 votesRiot wants people to make fanart, and you can make money through ad revenue i.e. youtube videos - but you are not allowed whatsoever to make money from that artwork in any kind of direct form; this piece is in direct violation of that plus it is also plagiarism since it is artwork being claimed as their own which is a crime and they should face jail time on top of possibly getting sued. But as far as actual fanart goes, Riot 100% encourages artists to create fanart. Their terms of service clearly states that you are not allowed to steal any artwork however [again this is a national crime in most countries]. Their terms of service also state that you cannot even use the Riot logo or League of Legends logo in anyways way, shape, or form or suffer severe consequences in doing so.
Electro5221 votesMOBAfire uses the splash arts regularly, for our custom signatures. But, as stated, no one is making any money off of it.
I ran into a similar situation with another game I play called EVE Online. I saw an ad on Facebook for some spaceship game, but the picture they used was that of a ship that looked to be the exact model of a ship that was in EVE Online. I sent in a ticket to CCP (owners and creators of the game), and soon after that, I never saw that specific ad again (I continued to see ads for the game, but with original ship models).
HeadHonchkrow1 votesLOL
Mistress Madoka3 votesNo, It's LOA
Also, is that a Sloot-ified Leona?
RoyaiChaos13 votesI thought League of Angels was one of those "18+ games for guy gamers only". Why does it have Rengar ._.
PhoenixSlayer1312 votesYep, League of Angels has been pulling this kind of shit for a while now.
Jellyfish Rave9 votesWouldn't be the first. http://imgur.com/N52rMRn
Rustling Bush10 votesWouldn't be the first. http://imgur.com/N52rMRn
that is the crappiest jayce build i have ever seen.
ROUS1 votes
Destínum1 votesWait, they are using Jayce when advertising a medieval game...?
Jungle Lux God9 votesDefinitely wouldn't be the first time that this game has ripped stuff from more popular games for the sake of advertisements.
At one point they had video advertisements that ripped cutscenes out of one or two of the Dead or Alive games and used it for advertising.
I swear, this game needs to be shut down for all of the copyright infringement that it has been doing.
DarkFlurry6 votesWow, what a rip off. I was just surprised to see them openly use Rengar, I had also clicked the link just to see what else they took and they have Warwic art too. Makes me want to 
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iamthegoatofwar3 votesThose fuckers put my warwick there...? RAGE MODE ACTIVE
Watch93 votesInfinite Duress
Qchan6 votesAnother thing league of angels did was steal a bunch of voice files and put them on there preview. There frost archer for example has all of ashes lines.
TheI3igDaddy6 votesI'm no lawyer, but doesn't Riot have the easiest lawsuit EVER against this game? I mean if so, it's free money they can just obtain from these morons.
Padagi1 votesIt would be but it doesn't look like the game is either developed or published by legitimate companies. They're most likely operating in international markets where Riot lawyers have no clout.
Jamnon5 votesChina. Can't enforce infringement cases there.
Padagi3 votesMost likely, but there are a number of countries that the developer + publisher can be located where Riot wouldn't be able to enforce their copyright.
I didn't want to be unfairly judgmental to China when in fact I have no evidence of where exactly they're from.
Dar19823 votesMost likely, but there are a number of countries that the developer + publisher can be located where Riot wouldn't be able to enforce their copyright.
I didn't want to be unfairly judgmental to China when in fact I have no evidence of where exactly they're from.
league of angles is a Chinese developer. just checked not to long ago. Youzu Interactive Co. Ltd. (Chinese: 游族网络有限股份公司; pinyin: Yòuzú Wǎngluò Yǒuxiàn Gǔfèn Gōngsī) also known as Youzu games.
Jamnon1 votesThanks for posting that. Was afraid of looking racist lol. >_<
TheI3igDaddy1 votesWasn't the blatant TF2 ripoff also 'made' by Chinese devs? Disgusting.
OblongOtter1 votesCan they prevent them from putting up ads/distributing to american IPs?
Padagi2 votesCan they prevent them from putting up ads/distributing to american IPs?
Perhaps via petition through the ad firms (e.g. Google) but there are some ad services out there that are also not necessarily "above board" or willing to look the other way for $$.
Carniverous3 votesBump.
Yeah, saw one for Ash, the rango is new. They're using a lot of Type-Faces that other companies use...
TinyBooty3 votesThis is one of the most blatant cases out here. They are an incredibly shady company and seems to love to rip others off. Easy money there Riot.
Featherztorm2 votesReminds me of this: http://lintvkrqe.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/lawsuit.jpg
On the left is New Mexico States new logo, and on the right is Oklahoma State's signature logo. Lol.
soylent shipment2 votesThese cheap facebook/browser games like League of Angels, Wartune, Edgeworld and all the others will put absolutely anything in their ads to get people to play their shitty pay to win games. E.g. (Wartune) Zelda216 lost her boyfriend to this game.
Rock Rockburgh1 votesThey all do this, there's presumably nothing that can be done to stop them. One ad for a Facebook game or something used a well-known screenshot from Dark Souls. It's been a thing for years and it will probably always be a thing.
SlackerboyTC1 votesLeague of angels has been ripping images from both chaos heroes online(korean dota) and league of legends too, theyre pretty shady
hartar1 votesLeague of Angels does that alot. I also remeber one game taking some from League of Legends. Infestation: Survivor Stories took the Term of Agreement(TOA) from League of Legends, the ctrl c ctrl v that. The most impressive thing, is that, someone did read the TOA.
tau431 votesThey've also use Kat and Ashe. Funny how they never use the actual angels on LoL.
Mistress Madoka1 votes
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Dar19821 votesAt least they did away with the "ARE YOU A BOY OR A GIRL?" ad. I would punch something every time that fucking ad showed up.
FantasySniper1 votesI've seen one of Ashe, too, but I don't remember it as "League of Angels".
DEN15 5121 votesthey also took an image off rs once i think
EMOFRATPARTY1 votesWhere did you specifically see the ad, if you don't mind me asking?
The Swede1 votes
Because Science.
Easyyy1 votesRiot sue em and make an east coast server!!!
