Sathfilms


Copyright and use of screenshots
May 10, 2007, 8:00 am
Filed under: Games, TS

As previously stated, my online documentary will be on the community that is World of Warcraft.

I sent an email to Blizzard, the company behind World of Warcraft, asking whether I could use their screenshots in the online documentary and they eventually sent me a brief email with a link outlining their legal position:

http://www.battle.net/legalfaq.shtml

This basically says that Blizzard will allow me to use their screenshots on a website like the documentary I’m creating, as long as I place the disclamer for the particular game I’m using screenshots from, on my website. These disclamers etc can be found here: http://www.battle.net/copyright.shtml

An example:

Onyxia World of Warcraft

Screenshot from the game: World of Warcraft™
World of Warcraft and Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. are trademarks or registered trademarks of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Anyone see any forseeable problems?


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i wish i was more interested in this game, it seems like a good form of escape, yet analogous to the world in which i feel i reside.

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