Important: Read this if you are going to use someone else's sprite(s)

Sim Kid · 07-08-2004, 04:14 PM

For one, Sprite theft is not allowed here. I don't know if it's a bannable offense (Yet), but you should NEVER steal sprites because
a) Stealing sprites is a bannable offense on other forums like TPS.
b) You can get on the bad side of the spriter.
c) LVK and/or MK will lock the topic
d) It is disrespectful to the creator/editor
e) For every stolen sprite, the bigger your chance of getting screwed.

There are some occasions in which you may use someone else's sprites:
1) They give you permission to use them
2) The sprite sheet is labeled "Public Domain".
3) They are game sprites from a site like The Shyguy kingdom or The People's sprites.
4) You give credit to the creator for making them.

Ask permission to use a sprite sheet if:
1) They have a tag that says "Please do not steal" or "Please give credit".
2) They are found in a gallery/custom sprite section on a sprite site or a site for custom sprites like http://spriters.captainn.net .
3) The spriter says "Do not use without permission".

If you are using someone else's sprites, do NOT:
1) Make them stupid unless they say so. That's bascially making some people get the wrong opinion of them.
2) Make them stupid and bash them. That's bascially telling the person "You are a ****ing moron."
3) Criticize their spriting skills. That is not very respectful, and don't ask for permission for someone's sprites just so you could say "you can't sprite to save your grandmother". That is very disrespectful, and if you are going to give constructive criticism, just tell it to them instead of going to all that trouble to belittle or insult them.
4) Edit their sprites without their permission. (Especially if they're scratch sprites)

And do NOT
Edit the sprites of them yourself (Like if it's a pallette swap) so you would be using your own work and not stealing their sprites so you can get past that rule. That STILL counts as using them without permission.

Using game sprites

Don't steal the sheet and say you ripped it. This is NOT Fireball20xl*, where you could have gotten away with it, and you can get in trouble from the webmaster(s) of the website hosting the sprite.

Ripping
Extracting sprites from a RoM using an emulator (ripping) is not considered sprite theft, but emulation is illegal unless you own the original copy. That doesn't stop most people, but there are apparantly legal RoMs out now.

*When Fireball20xl had a sprites section, a huge number of those sheets were stolen and when they were reported, Psy wouldn't do a damn thing.

And I'm sure you all know how it feels to have your sprite(s) stolen without permission-Mr. Woffums stole like 16 of us and forced us to play a role in his comic.

If you see a stolen sprite(s), then report it to LVK.

[ August 08, 2004, 12:24 AM: Message edited by: Digi ]

**BEARD BURGER MASTER** · 07-08-2004, 05:34 PM

Right, if you steal a sprite (Particularly mine), you must answer to the axe and sword.

Good topic, Doug.

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**Dylan** · 07-08-2004, 07:36 PM

Ayyyyyy-men.

~Dylan

joethebarbarian13135 · 07-08-2004, 11:18 PM

thats right you tell them

Beam Yosho the Drunkard · 07-10-2004, 06:14 AM

....Yeah.
Even mine. Like the BSD one, which is also BSD's.

sladd54 · 07-18-2004, 10:17 AM

actually, mr woffums, digi is talking about stealing sprites that people have recolored or made and claiming them as your one

like your mario sprite for example (which has ugly colors anyway)

Sim Kid · 07-24-2004, 02:12 AM

**Never mind**

dux_is_me · 08-03-2004, 10:59 AM

"Omni-banned" XD XD XD
In-topic: What legal roms do you mean?
The policy I use for downoading roms is kind of like "If they're not making any money out of it anymore, then I can download it". I download SNES roms, but not GBA ones. Meh.
Kamek can be considered a sprite thief, then? he "stole" Max and WvsW's sprites, didn't he?

**BEARD BURGER MASTER** · 08-07-2004, 08:26 AM

^ Legal roms are pretty much home made roms (Sonic Epoch on GBA, that's home made, and Super Mario War). Those are technically legal roms, although I don't know how the companys make money off of those old games (Unless they re-release them like the Classic NES Series on GBA, or a collection like Sonic Mega Collection).

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Sim Kid · 08-08-2004, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by dux has updated his profile:
Kamek can be considered a sprite thief, then? he "stole" Max and WvsW's sprites, didn't he?

Yeah, he also stole Max's character and bashed him. Bashing isn't nessecarily bad or anything, but when you do what Kamek did (The max in his comic didn't even sound LIKE Max at all), then it's basically just telling him "You are a ****ing moron." It was funny when he bashed WariovsWario because he at least made him sound like WariovsWario.

And I feel sorry for Max and DVG. They were bashed and picked on like there was no tomorrow, and even though they did sorta bring it upon themselves, they really didn't deserve all of that. (You know what I mean)

Oh, I also forgot something-Let me fix that.

And let me look for that site with the legal RoMs.

[ August 08, 2004, 12:26 AM: Message edited by: Digi ]

**BEARD BURGER MASTER** · 09-05-2004, 07:37 PM

Let's talk about art theft.

Art theft is a big no no. Not only will people bash you for trying to take credit, but the owner will make you pay. Never put someone else's picture on your site unless:

A) You give credit to whoever drew the pictures.

B) The artist gives you permission to put it on your site. (Credit should still be given)

Art trades are different: You say you did an art trade with whomever, and post it.

Anything else?

Well, if you steal my drawings (I don't know why...), I'll kill you.

plz dnt kthx

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[ September 05, 2004, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: LvK138 ]

RMC · 09-05-2004, 07:58 PM

yeah like the SHY vs Shy im about to put up is hand drawn and no one better steal it!

ludwigvan · 09-05-2004, 10:42 PM

^Don't use this as a place to advertise your comic.

sladd54 · 09-10-2004, 06:09 PM

what I don't get is why would someone say they made a sprite?

it doesn't make you look any cooler than you are, just says you have too much spare time

My "sprite theft accident" was an accident, but I did give credit the first time I posted it, so HA!

Chunky Kong12345 · 09-10-2004, 09:40 PM

I hate it when people ask you to credit them for ripped sheets. ><

Sim Kid · 09-10-2004, 10:01 PM

Quite a bit of people said "Give credit!" for rip when Fireball20xl had sprites. I think I'd rather just get a sheet from TPS and NOT have to give credit.

Minion1888 · 10-25-2004, 11:15 PM

I hate giving credit it takes a chunk out of my day so I only take sprites under the following 3 rules I thought of
1.if they don't say give credit take em
2.if there public domain take em
3.if there ordinary sprites (not edited) take em they won't know [img]tongue.gif[/img]

**BEARD BURGER MASTER** · 10-26-2004, 06:54 AM

^ Bad move, bub. If it took a lot of work to rip the sprites (say, a Mortal Kombat game whith a lot of sprite positionings), they probably want bredit because of the work. If you just take it, then you sir, are a sprite thief.

Minion1888 · 10-26-2004, 12:20 PM

oh did I say that I do give credit when a sprite sheet that big is worked on thast hard I do give credit plus I hardly ever steel sprites I usaully look on google for no credit needed sprites or I go here http://tsgk.captainn.net/

Xanthous · 02-17-2005, 09:10 PM

Heh. The makers of edits and scratches certianly can't be taken from, but a recolor like Dave Anez's "dave" or "Bob" is made of is kinda different. You couldn't make a main character out of his characters, of course, because then you are stealing the idea of the character, but for a 2-second clip in an animation I don't think that would be a problem. It's not like they put any work into the sprite. Technically, yo'd probably want to recolor it yourself using your own pallete with the same colors, thogh. But I'm not sure. Anyone else have any ideas on this subject?

07-08-2004, 05:34 PM	#2
BEARD BURGER MASTER ZAT'S RIGHT! I'M IN ZEE HOUSE! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,636 Thanks: 106 Thanked 405 Times in 225 Posts Points: 2,843.08 Bank: 45,171.56 Total Points: 48,014.64 Donate	Right, if you steal a sprite (Particularly mine), you must answer to the axe and sword. Good topic, Doug. Visit Chao Adventures in the Comix Thread! Go and read them, now! __________________ BETTER EXECUTE SOONER

08-07-2004, 08:26 AM	#9
BEARD BURGER MASTER ZAT'S RIGHT! I'M IN ZEE HOUSE! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,636 Thanks: 106 Thanked 405 Times in 225 Posts Points: 2,843.08 Bank: 45,171.56 Total Points: 48,014.64 Donate	^ Legal roms are pretty much home made roms (Sonic Epoch on GBA, that's home made, and Super Mario War). Those are technically legal roms, although I don't know how the companys make money off of those old games (Unless they re-release them like the Classic NES Series on GBA, or a collection like Sonic Mega Collection). Visit Chao Adventures in the Comix Thread! Go and read them, now! __________________ BETTER EXECUTE SOONER

07-08-2004, 04:14 PM	#1
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,935 Thanks: 23 Thanked 72 Times in 37 Posts Points: 42,696.68 Bank: 609.50 Total Points: 43,306.18 Donate	For one, Sprite theft is not allowed here. I don't know if it's a bannable offense (Yet), but you should NEVER steal sprites because a) Stealing sprites is a bannable offense on other forums like TPS. b) You can get on the bad side of the spriter. c) LVK and/or MK will lock the topic d) It is disrespectful to the creator/editor e) For every stolen sprite, the bigger your chance of getting screwed. There are some occasions in which you may use someone else's sprites: 1) They give you permission to use them 2) The sprite sheet is labeled "Public Domain". 3) They are game sprites from a site like The Shyguy kingdom or The People's sprites. 4) You give credit to the creator for making them. Ask permission to use a sprite sheet if: 1) They have a tag that says "Please do not steal" or "Please give credit". 2) They are found in a gallery/custom sprite section on a sprite site or a site for custom sprites like http://spriters.captainn.net . 3) The spriter says "Do not use without permission". If you are using someone else's sprites, do NOT: 1) Make them stupid unless they say so. That's bascially making some people get the wrong opinion of them. 2) Make them stupid and bash them. That's bascially telling the person "You are a **ing moron." 3) Criticize their spriting skills. That is not very respectful, and don't ask for permission for someone's sprites just so you could say "you can't sprite to save your grandmother". That is very disrespectful, and if you are going to give constructive criticism, just tell it to them instead of going to all that trouble to belittle or insult them. 4) Edit their sprites without their permission. (Especially if they're scratch sprites) And do NOT Edit the sprites of them yourself (Like if it's a pallette swap) so you would be using your own work and not stealing their sprites so you can get past that rule. That STILL counts as using them without permission. Using game sprites** Don't steal the sheet and say you ripped it. This is NOT Fireball20xl, where you could have gotten away with it, and you can get in trouble from the webmaster(s) of the website hosting the sprite. Ripping* Extracting sprites from a RoM using an emulator (ripping) is not considered sprite theft, but emulation is illegal unless you own the original copy. That doesn't stop most people, but there are apparantly legal RoMs out now. *When Fireball20xl had a sprites section, a huge number of those sheets were stolen and when they were reported, Psy wouldn't do a damn thing. And I'm sure you all know how it feels to have your sprite(s) stolen without permission-Mr. Woffums stole like 16 of us and forced us to play a role in his comic. If you see a stolen sprite(s), then report it to LVK. [ August 08, 2004, 12:24 AM: Message edited by: Digi ]

07-08-2004, 07:36 PM	#3
Dylan Banned Mod Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Teenage Wasteland Gender: Posts: 6,498 Thanks: 1,086 Thanked 1,116 Times in 499 Posts Points: 44,476.04 Bank: 0.00 Total Points: 44,476.05 Donate	Ayyyyyy-men. ~Dylan

07-08-2004, 11:18 PM	#4
joethebarbarian13135 Banned for not playing nice. Join Date: May 2004 Location: phoenix Posts: 308 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 3,569.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,069.00 Donate	thats right you tell them

07-10-2004, 06:14 AM	#5
Beam Yosho the Drunkard Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The oversized rock of Hawaii. Gender: Posts: 5,664 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts Points: 24,625.39 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 25,125.39 Donate	....Yeah. Even mine. Like the BSD one, which is also BSD's.

07-18-2004, 10:17 AM	#6
sladd54 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: my parent\'s basement, right next to the cheers dartboard Posts: 355 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,328.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,828.00 Donate	actually, mr woffums, digi is talking about stealing sprites that people have recolored or made and claiming them as your one like your mario sprite for example (which has ugly colors anyway)

07-24-2004, 02:12 AM	#7
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,935 Thanks: 23 Thanked 72 Times in 37 Posts Points: 42,696.68 Bank: 609.50 Total Points: 43,306.18 Donate	Never mind

08-03-2004, 10:59 AM	#8
dux_is_me Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Playing Many Marios at the NC forum Gender: Posts: 1,039 Thanks: 30 Thanked 26 Times in 14 Posts Points: 2,021.21 Bank: 22,475.83 Total Points: 24,497.04 Donate	"Omni-banned" XD XD XD In-topic: What legal roms do you mean? The policy I use for downoading roms is kind of like "If they're not making any money out of it anymore, then I can download it". I download SNES roms, but not GBA ones. Meh. Kamek can be considered a sprite thief, then? he "stole" Max and WvsW's sprites, didn't he?

09-05-2004, 07:37 PM	#11
BEARD BURGER MASTER ZAT'S RIGHT! I'M IN ZEE HOUSE! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,636 Thanks: 106 Thanked 405 Times in 225 Posts Points: 2,843.08 Bank: 45,171.56 Total Points: 48,014.64 Donate	Let's talk about art theft. Art theft is a big no no. Not only will people bash you for trying to take credit, but the owner will make you pay. Never put someone else's picture on your site unless: A) You give credit to whoever drew the pictures. B) The artist gives you permission to put it on your site. (Credit should still be given) Art trades are different: You say you did an art trade with whomever, and post it. Anything else? Well, if you steal my drawings (I don't know why...), I'll kill you. plz dnt kthx Visit Chao Adventures in the Comix Thread! Go and read them, now! [ September 05, 2004, 09:32 PM: Message edited by: LvK138 ]

09-05-2004, 07:58 PM	#12
RMC Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix, NY Posts: 1,129 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Points: 11,051.05 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 11,551.05 Donate	yeah like the SHY vs Shy im about to put up is hand drawn and no one better steal it!

09-05-2004, 10:42 PM	#13
ludwigvan Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: The well of wishes. Gender: Posts: 5,444 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Points: 12,445.44 Bank: 510.00 Total Points: 12,955.44 Donate	^Don't use this as a place to advertise your comic.

09-10-2004, 06:09 PM	#14
sladd54 Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: my parent\'s basement, right next to the cheers dartboard Posts: 355 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 4,328.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 4,828.00 Donate	what I don't get is why would someone say they made a sprite? it doesn't make you look any cooler than you are, just says you have too much spare time My "sprite theft accident" was an accident, but I did give credit the first time I posted it, so HA!

09-10-2004, 09:40 PM	#15
Chunky Kong12345 HIKARI NI NARA!!! Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: ogmftwbqq Gender: Posts: 17,506 Thanks: 79 Thanked 368 Times in 266 Posts Points: 733.20 Bank: 284,521.90 Total Points: 285,255.10 Donate	I hate it when people ask you to credit them for ripped sheets. ><

09-10-2004, 10:01 PM	#16
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 6,935 Thanks: 23 Thanked 72 Times in 37 Posts Points: 42,696.68 Bank: 609.50 Total Points: 43,306.18 Donate	Quite a bit of people said "Give credit!" for rip when Fireball20xl had sprites. I think I'd rather just get a sheet from TPS and NOT have to give credit.

10-25-2004, 11:15 PM	#17
Minion1888 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Karraban in the Sith acedemy Posts: 355 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,757.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,257.00 Donate	I hate giving credit it takes a chunk out of my day so I only take sprites under the following 3 rules I thought of 1.if they don't say give credit take em 2.if there public domain take em 3.if there ordinary sprites (not edited) take em they won't know [img]tongue.gif[/img]

10-26-2004, 06:54 AM	#18
BEARD BURGER MASTER ZAT'S RIGHT! I'M IN ZEE HOUSE! Join Date: May 2001 Location: Farmerland. Gender: Posts: 7,636 Thanks: 106 Thanked 405 Times in 225 Posts Points: 2,843.08 Bank: 45,171.56 Total Points: 48,014.64 Donate	^ Bad move, bub. If it took a lot of work to rip the sprites (say, a Mortal Kombat game whith a lot of sprite positionings), they probably want bredit because of the work. If you just take it, then you sir, are a sprite thief.

10-26-2004, 12:20 PM	#19
Minion1888 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Karraban in the Sith acedemy Posts: 355 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Points: 2,757.00 Bank: 500.00 Total Points: 3,257.00 Donate	oh did I say that I do give credit when a sprite sheet that big is worked on thast hard I do give credit plus I hardly ever steel sprites I usaully look on google for no credit needed sprites or I go here http://tsgk.captainn.net/

02-17-2005, 09:10 PM	#20
Xanthous Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: There. Posts: 48 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts Points: 1,999.95 Bank: 7,109.50 Total Points: 9,109.45 Donate	Heh. The makers of edits and scratches certianly can't be taken from, but a recolor like Dave Anez's "dave" or "Bob" is made of is kinda different. You couldn't make a main character out of his characters, of course, because then you are stealing the idea of the character, but for a 2-second clip in an animation I don't think that would be a problem. It's not like they put any work into the sprite. Technically, yo'd probably want to recolor it yourself using your own pallete with the same colors, thogh. But I'm not sure. Anyone else have any ideas on this subject?