so i was wondering what the rules are.
after seeing what happened to the lord of the rings mod, i'd rather not take any chances.
there's hundreds of FF, starwars, WOW, even warhammer (points at sgmonkey)
but the LOTR mod got splatted, even though there's HEAPS of morrowind mods.

so what are the rules for........
movies?
books?
etc.

just wanted to know for another mod i'm making.

also a random thought but............. yoda race with osheils animation????!?! man... would be sweet..

http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-fairuse.html.
http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html by Brad Templeton. #6 is quite relevant.

Basically, if you want to use a copyrighted work in your own work (like basing a mod on some book/movie/game), the best thing to do is ask permission of the copyright holder. If you do not do this, then you are running the risk that the copyright holder will not agree with you on what is fair use and they might try to get their lawyers to stop you.

If you want to play it safe, do not directly use images, text, characters and plots from copyrighted works in your own work without permission.

cool that helped heaps

Copyright delenda est.
By the way, what happened with Lord of the Rings mod?

Rest In Peace MEMod...

They asked the Tolkein estate for permission to make a Morrowind mod based on Tolkeins works and permissiion was not granted so the project was abandoned, but some of the resources made for the mod are available if you search for them.