A Small Bit of Cantr Ethics

[Racetyme]

Tell us what they say, I'm curious.

[Cdls]

I will, I also posted a link to Cantr, so maybe it will bring some people in too.

[nitefyre]

We've already gone through this so it bothers me that you're having me repeat points already made, at this late hour.

Cantr only permits creations of your own intellectual rights (i.e. a book written for your character) for your character, as long as it fits for that character. You can't just rip somebody elses book and put it in there, that's plagiarism and just won't work in Cantr anyways. Since you have the rights to anything you submit, you also have the right to waive them.

Which is precisely what the point of this disclaimer is. The disclaimer is saying you're acknowleding that as your material is in the in character domain of Cantr, it remains shared (not unlike a CCA licence*) amongst those within Cantr, in character- and when it's in character, it is prosecutable ny in character action and solely in character action.

Now if somebody ripped a story and started printing it out of Cantr, that would be an abuse of the disclaimer, which would have to be settled by the creator and producing parties through either private (settlement) or public (court) means. A disclaimer would keep Cantr completely free from liability from such a mess, though I kinda doubt one would arise.

*Creative Commons Attribution Licence

I hope that clarifies things for you. And if you're doubting my authority on the matter, well, you're free to do that, unfortunately.

Also, I should make other points clear, which are related. This is under US copyright conventions, and I'm pretty sure it's very similar in most places around the world as well, apart from those restricting the creative elements of society.

That is that all material that you make, as long as it's not taken, or has already been done by another individual, or any derivation of a past work, it is your own, just so long as you're not stealing things (though there is such thing as (and most things are) unintended plagiarism).

In the United States, it means it is already copyrighted, and it is your intellectual property. Now, if you're planning to take it a step further, you can always submit it to the copyright patents office who keeps a file of all these things (i.e. copyrights; trademarks; brands; etc).