Pokemon Home Sweet Home

[smilliec]

Hi any one got a pattern for this? Would love to make it!

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls6s7 ... r1_500.jpg

[La Ptite Bete]

Hooooow cute !!! I want it too !!

[RMDC]

The pattern you posted used slightly modified house and sign sprites; I tried to match them.

[La Ptite Bete]

Super !! Thanks very much RMDC !!

[Lord Libidan]

Considering that's a pattern from someone's etsy, I think it should be removed...

[La Ptite Bete]

Ho... I didn't noticed

[Lord Libidan]

Ho... I didn't noticed

It's alright if you didn't notice, but the pattern maker should have checked...

[La Ptite Bete]

Just to be sure ; I wonder, do we really have the right to sell that kind of patterns... ? this one, for example, is a screenshot from a game, it hasn't been modified by the pattern designer (except the "home sweet home" text which has been added) ; the original design belongs to videogames designers, doesn't it ? (not to us, all the more if we use a freeware to make the pattern...) ; and finally, what if I decide to make exactly the same pattern, using a screenshot of the game (with my emulator) ; for me, or to give it for free on the forums for example ?...

[Lord Libidan]

Just to be sure ; I wonder, do we really have the right to sell that kind of patterns... ? this one, for example, is a screenshot from a game, it hasn't been modified by the pattern designer (except the "home sweet home" text which has been added) ; the original design belongs to videogames designers, doesn't it ? (not to us, all the more if we use a freeware to make the pattern...) ; and finally, what if I decide to make exactly the same pattern, using a screenshot of the game (with my emulator) ; for me, or to give it for free on the forums for example ?...

Copyright is a bit confusing.
You don't have the right to sell the likeness of things (such as the characters, items, houses, etc), however you do have the write to use them in homemade items, however you cannot sell them "commercially". Although the term commercially is a bit ambiguous.
The pattern is under copyright of 'intellectual property', so only she has the right to sell the idea (and thus the pattern). However, you can make an exact copy for yourself, no problem. Giving the pattern out for free though isn't allowed, unless the person who made it gives you permission. To sell it though, you have to enter a written contract, otherwise they can still sue you.

As I say, its confusing, that's the info you need to know to sell it though. I checked with a lawyer friend in the family before I started selling my patterns.
Oh, on a side note, if something is too similar to a copyrighted product, they can still sue you. For example if you made one where the sign and person were swapped around, you could still be sued.

[blackmageheart]

I had a poke around on Etsy and the seller that I saw selling this pattern has this in the item listing:

"Please don't copy, resell or redistribute this pattern."

Now, I don't believe there's anything legal to STOP you from copying the pattern for your own personal use. (In the same way that we copy sprites/images/etc for our works.)
Having said that, I'm not sure it's right that we host a free-for-all version of it here when it is still for sale on Etsy. I think it's best if the pattern is removed, sorry.

EDIT: Pattern has been removed, don't want any conflicts between Sprite Stitch and the Etsy seller.
But, here is a link to the Etsy listing for the original: http://www.etsy.com/listing/82162681/cr ... on-gameboy