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Messages 1 - Goomba Goomba
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I've got a question: is mkpc legal?
Messages 5026 - King Mario King Mario
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filiputek wrote:
I've got a question: is mkpc legal?

Yes it is, logic
Messages 2857 - King Mario King Mario
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filiputek wrote:
I've got a question: is mkpc legal?

While not against the law, I don't think the use of the characters and so on is authorized. It could get C&Ded whenever some official stumbles across it. Don't think we're big enough to get spotted yet though, unless they have somebody actively searching it up everyday to get people. But no, it's free, and there's no download or anything, it's not a ROM hack or mod or anything, so no, not really illegal. It is unauthorized use of their IP, it is a fangame, but as long as we don't blow up suddenly and have a million plus users and stuff, and they don't go searching it up, or if somebody sends them an email with a link, it shouldn't get C&Ded. But it totally could at any second. Hopefully we'll stay undetected. This has been up for a few years, although that doesn't mean it's protected.
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Messages 511 - Mario Mario
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Nintendo ain't slain us yet soo that's some 12 years of mkpc. Also the creator does not gain profit from users. It's legal.
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40KsKool68 wrote:
Nintendo ain't slain us yet soo that's some 12 years of mkpc. Also the creator does not gain profit from users. It's legal.

Legal is a bit of a stretch, unauthorized IP usage does exist. We could get C&Ded if the site gets insanely popular.
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40KsKool68 wrote:
Nintendo ain't slain us yet soo that's some 12 years of mkpc. Also the creator does not gain profit from users. It's legal.

There are ads on the site, meaning that there is some profit :s.

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Messages 10849 - King Mario King Mario
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There ARE some ads and we COULD get copyrighted but it's still kinda in-between. Everything belongs to Nintendo here, however it isn't to be a hack so it's still... I don't know. Legal is not totally true, illegal isn't totally true.
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Messages 2453 - Golden Mario Golden Mario
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Yeah ofc, no profit
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Blue_Hour wrote:
There ARE some ads and we COULD get copyrighted but it's still kinda in-between. Everything belongs to Nintendo here, however it isn't to be a hack so it's still... I don't know. Legal is not totally true, illegal isn't totally true.

I dont think the ads are in his control/he doesn't get paid for them but I could be wrong
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Blue_Hour wrote:
There ARE some ads and we COULD get copyrighted but it's still kinda in-between. Everything belongs to Nintendo here, however it isn't to be a hack so it's still... I don't know. Legal is not totally true, illegal isn't totally true.

I dont think the ads are in his control/he doesn't get paid for them but I could be wrong


The ads are only here to gain just enough money to pay the web hoster, so the game's servers keep running.
Wargor told me once in private he makes like 5 to 10€ per month from adds revenue... 8):p:$:s
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Messages 34 - Koopa Koopa
filiputek wrote:
I've got a question: is mkpc legal?

Please tell me you're joking. Of course it’s legal, it’s a fan game! 😬
Messages 128 - Buzzy Beetle Buzzy Beetle
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Nintendo ban Fangame when they could be a (better)nintendo game.For example, we have the fangame pokemon Uranium that have been retired by nintendo. MKPC is not only a game, it's an community. All the concepts like the custom track with custom images could not be in an official nitendo game (i think).

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