Please help legal issue? : V

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:02 pm

Hi there I'm new to these forums but wondered if one of you fine people could help me with something. I'll be getting the speacil edition of skyrim a day before the official release date, and wanted to make several youtube videos showing gameplay and unboxing the game. I loved Oblivion and haven't played a game like it before or since, I really do want to show people just how amazing this game is and the huge improvements in terms of graphic animations etc.

Would Bethesda be ok with this or would the videos be taken down?

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:20 am

how are you getting the game early?

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:49 pm

The PC version of Skyrim will have to be activated on Steam, so you probably won't be able to activate it before the release date.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:24 am

Once you've bought the game, it's yours. Yes you can put up vids on youtube. People do that all the time, just search on youtube 'let's play' and you'll see.

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 4:47 pm

how are you getting the game early?

My friend runs a gameshop and he can get me the game one day early, and I'm getting the game for the xbox

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 1:00 am

how are you getting the game early?

Pre-order I'm guessing.

EDIT: Bah should've gotten it for PC.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:21 am

My friend runs a gameshop and he can get me the game one day early, and I'm getting the game for the xbox

I think that's illegal. Hence why most games have that orange tape on them saying "do not open/sell until xx/xx/xx"

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:38 am

Hi there I'm new to these forums but wondered if one of you fine people could help me with something. I'll be getting the speacil edition of skyrim a day before the official release date, and wanted to make several youtube videos showing gameplay and unboxing the game. I loved Oblivion and haven't played a game like it before or since, I really do want to show people just how amazing this game is and the huge improvements in terms of graphic animations etc.

Would Bethesda be ok with this or would the videos be taken down?

Depending on the form of this video it could be taken down for copyright. But if you give the developers full credit, most likely it won't be taken down. But YouTube is YouTube there are no guarantees, especially with smaller channels.

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 9:31 pm

I think that's illegal. Hence why most games have that orange tape on them saying "do not open/sell until xx/xx/xx"

Yeah it is. But... illegal things are so tempting. Tell me in all honesty, would you wait for tomorrow to play skyrim knowing you have it in your hands and you can play it right now?

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 5:24 am

Depends how you get it. If you are getting it legally than it is your property and you can do what you wish with it, providing there are no stipulations connected to it (like "we'll give you an early release but do not do X"). If you are getting it illegally it might not be the best idea to advertise that... but again, unless there is a specific agreement for you not to do something, you wont be breaking any extra laws (outside of unlawful possession in the first place).

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:25 am

i doubt 1 day will be a problem and if they do take them down so what just put them back up the next day when it's legal nobody is going to arrest you

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:14 pm

You making vids of your legal purchased copy of the game is not illegal. Your friend giving you the game a day before official release is however against the agreement they have with Bethesda that they can't sell before 11-11-11.

With the launch of Rage we maintained a policy that videos of the game posted before the official release were taken off the forums. Not until official release date were videos posted on the forums allowed. I can imagine we'll use a similar strategy with Skyrim.

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 11:30 pm

Those videos are fake. The game hasn't even gone gold yet, so any copies of the game would still be in the studio, and wouldn't have the actual artwork on the case or disc.

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:38 pm

Those videos are fake. The game hasn't even gone gold yet, so any copies of the game would still be in the studio, and wouldn't have the actual artwork on the case or disc.

just wait till the game goes gold (end of this month) and I bet there will be plenty of skyrim vids with a couple of spoilers in them. GOD it will be tempting yet I won't look at them I swear.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 6:33 am

EDIT:double posted cant delete

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:03 pm

You making vids of your legal purchased copy of the game is not illegal. Your friend giving you the game a day before official release is however against the agreement they have with Bethesda that they can't sell before 11-11-11.

With the launch of Rage we maintained a policy that videos of the game posted before the official release were taken off the forums. Not until official release date were videos posted on the forums allowed. I can imagine we'll use a similar strategy with Skyrim.

Thank you Umrahel I kinda wanted someone who represents Bethesda to reply (no offense to all the other wonderful reply's

)

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:16 pm

You are only getting the game one day before release, you mean to tell me you cant wait until the next day to upload your videos. You should be too busy playing the game and making the videos the day you get it anyway. Or is this thread really just to taunt people here that you are getting it a day early?

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 3:25 am

http://steampowered.com/steamworks/publishingservices.php.

2. Retail Encryption

Protect your day-one release by shipping encrypted media to stores world-wide. No need to worry that your game will leak from a replicator or stock room - your game stays encrypted until the moment you decide to release it.

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The Steam client decrypts it on release day. So you can unbox it early. It will be sitting on hundreds of thousands of hard drives in the same encrypted state before release day too.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:04 am

http://steampowered.com/steamworks/publishingservices.php.

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The Steam client decrypts it on release day. So you can unbox it early. It will be sitting on hundreds of thousands of hard drives in the same encrypted state before release day too.

He's playing on the 360.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:52 am

Thank you Umrahel I kinda wanted someone who represents Bethesda to reply (no offense to all the other wonderful reply's

)

I am a forum moderator though, and not part of Bethesda.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 2:51 am

Yeah it is. But... illegal things are so tempting. Tell me in all honesty, would you wait for tomorrow to play skyrim knowing you have it in your hands and you can play it right now?

Of course I would wait! /lying out my ass

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 10:17 pm

He's playing on the 360.

And this is why one should never post until having that first coffee.

I only read the OP.

OP: Should not upload any vids of gameplay then, or at least not talk about it here, and it may not be legal.

» Sat Oct 08, 2011 7:42 pm

You can always record on the 10th and upload it on the 11th.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:18 am

You can always record on the 10th and upload it on the 11th.

Yeah, and to do it well it's likely to take a day to put together anyway.

» Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:10 am

Thank you Umrahel I kinda wanted someone who represents Bethesda to reply (no offense to all the other wonderful reply's

)

Umrahel doesn't represent Bethesda, he is just a moderator, Hes a person, no different to me and you, he doesn't get any secret updates or anything like that.