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Mhm!


I am one of those people who let others use my stuff with credit (unless otherwise specified -- some of my stuff is completely public domain) but it's important to note that not everyone is like that.

I once saw a user (whos name will be redacted for privacy) who made a scene and in the description said that others cannot use it, even with credit -- and that's completely okay. It's important to respect these boundaries.

thats all folks!

Great advice.

This is actually an updated version of an older scene with a similar title (Don't bother looking for it because I deleted it). After re-reading my text in that older scene I concluded that it was rather confusing and ambiguous, and so I deleted that older one and posted this one. There always has been, and there still is a lot of confusion about using other people's work in your own scenes, and so I hope that this scene makes the rule somewhat less ambiguous.

I wonder how many people will Google "ambiguous"!

Quote Little: "I am one of those people who let others use my stuff with credit"

Reply: That's great, Little, but looking through some of your recent scenes I didn't notice any mention of that. So, I suggest in every future scene that you provide a statement in the scene description such as: "You may use all or parts of this scene as long as you credit me in your scene description."

BUT, even with a statement like that there still could be an issue if YOU copied someone else's work without permission and then another person copied the thing that you copied! That actually happens a lot here on Algobox!

yo did you get this ideea from me?

Yo, NO.

Wow, using a bunch of assets from Xray, not even crediting him, and you're lecturing US about giving credit with said assets

i have a question, does getting ideas from a scene still count as copying? i have like several scenes with an idea based of other scenes.

No, ideas are abstract (nothing more than a mental image). So, it's perfectly Okay to use someone else's idea in your own scenes.

QUOTE: BUT, even with a statement like that there still could be an issue if YOU copied someone else's work without permission and then another person copied the thing that you copied! That actually happens a lot here on Algobox!

I try not to use other's work in my scenes -- and in the rare cases I do, I ask for permission first.

Quote: I try not to use other's work in my scenes -- and in the rare cases I do, I ask for permission first.

Yes, Little, I know that. You are one of the many users who do follow the rules and you try your best not to violate any of them. As the Algobox Admin, I appreciate that very much because you make my job so much easier!

...okay...
...then.

Now, was Red actually charged for attempting to steal a car?

No, because he gave the owner credit!

Okay!

Powerful message though it reminds me of my younger self stealing a house and a car on this platform

I was terrified until I saw "on this platform".

The old version of this scene had probably my favorite comment ever...
"My shoes don't fit though"
followed by "This scene does not allow comments"

thanks for telling me how to legally steal a car

No problem nashsstuff97. Just do us all a favor... If you do steal a car and get arrested, please let us know if the "Credit to owner" sign worked, or if you now have to spend many years in prison because of it. Thanks!

hey turns out it's only legal the first time
either that, or it's because i don't have a license yet

wait why did you stutter at the word "that" tho?

I realized how much this actually meant, so i privated/deleted all of my "Stolen" scenes
i only kept a few up since i know i made them fully by myself

Thank you KahaanS! I hope that others will do the same, but I'm not going to hold my breath. In most cases, people will delete their stolen scenes only after someone complains about it and then are forced to do so.

The problem is very difficult for me to enforce because many scenes were only partially copied from another user, and those copied items were previously copied from someone else!

you stole from a stealer that stole from a stealer stealing stolen stuff

You got it!

stealing from a stealer that steals stolen stuff stolen by stealers stolen by stealers stealing stealers stuff that was stealed from a stealer's stealer stolen stuff stealing stealers stolen stuff stolen from an original guy

KahaanS -- Didn't your parents tell you that taking street drugs can cause strange behavior?