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Copyright question

Sethsmagic·8/23/2015, 1:57:06 AM·1 votes·381 views

I would like to know if I would be infringing upon Riot's copyright by using League of Legends 3d character model files, sound files, etc from the game in an application that I would like to create that would only generate ad revenue.

I have read through the "Legal Jibber Jabber" page and it states that I can use Riot's IP as long as it's not for commercial use (other than ad revenue), but it also states that the "project" must abide by the rules in the EULA and there is a subsection that I can't fully understand if I would be violating.

The subsection is the following:

"B. Copy, photocopy, reproduce, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, derive source code from, or disassemble, in whole or in part, the Software or the Game, or create derivative works based on the Game, except that you are authorized to (i) make one (1) copy of the Software and the Documentation for personal archival purposes only; and (ii) use third party image and video capture software to capture the output of the Software as audio, video and/or still image files solely for personal, not for profit use pursuant to the Terms of Use and any applicable Riot Games policies pertaining to audio or video creation;"

There are websites like Lolking.net and leagueoflegends.wikia.com that appear to be using 3d character models, animations, and sounds from the game. I am just unsure if they have consent to do this or it is perfectly legal.

I have tried contacting [email protected] with this question, but didn't get an answer. If I could get a riot employee to comment on this I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you very much!

3 Comments

Sarutobi8/23/2015, 5:17:35 AM1 votes

Riot is alright with those types of things. i mean there are places that outright copy champions in games. they usually dont go after stuff like that because it would just cause more harm with court and stuff like that. I would think like with wikis as long as you arent charging money with the app itself, or IAP it should be ok.

Deathstar411/1/2015, 11:20:13 AM1 votes

im also having a few doubts. you see theres this nice game called minecraft which im sure many of you out there know about. i was thinking that if i made a 3d model of summoners rift with a few added features such as distant scenery and whatnot, and i also put in a disclaimer to say that the original map came from league of legends, would riot get annoyed at me? i really want to make this and it would be awesome if i could share it later on planetminecraft. hopefully this is not too offtopic.