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Car models in game

by Radion Melnyk · in General Discussion · 07/08/2003 (3:03 pm) · 3 replies

Hello everyone, sorry if this question has been asked before, as you can see am a NooB :)

The question is, can I safely use ((Without licenses or written permissions from car manufacturers)) car models in my game that represent real cars if I take off the logos and change the names of the cars?

Thanks a lot.
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Torque Owner Anthony McCrary
#1
07/08/2003 (3:07 pm)
Although a vehicle's design does get copyrighted, you're fairly safe as long as you don't use any of their other IP.

For my game, we are trying to mix up different years features, to make it harder to pin down a design to any certain year.

Granted, if a company like GM/Ford/Chrysler wanted to kill your project, they could probably do so for any reason they wish.... unless you're insanely rich.

Radion Melnyk
#2
07/08/2003 (4:21 pm)
"For my game, we are trying to mix up different years features, to make it harder to pin down a design to any certain year."

Thats a good idea, I was thinking of something like using custom paint jobs, not the original ones used.

"Granted, if a company like GM/Ford/Chrysler wanted to kill your project, they could probably do so for any reason they wish.... unless you're insanely rich."

I'm not insanely rich, however I don't think my project will get insanely large and popular around the world either(at least not yet :)), so I'm going to go for it.

Thanks for the input.

Torque 3D Owner Sebastien Bourgon
#3
07/09/2003 (7:46 am)
You can always try and contact someone at GM/Ford/Chrysler (whoever happens to own the car models that yours tend to look at) and see if they mind. They may not, free advertising in a way. At least then you know for sure.

The worst they can do is tell you "No" which you already expect.