Possible Another Neopets Fansite (checking interest)

[indysolo621]

@Kiara
sounds like a good idea

@Velxeor
really? Do all neopets sites ask permission? The ones like jellyneo, neoextreme, etc;;

Seems like it

© 1999-2012 Neopets, Inc. All rights reserved. Used With Permission

Jellyneo^

Copyright 2012 Neopets, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Used With Permission

SunnyNeo^

EDIT: 1000th post

[Velxeor]

You can't even compare Jellyneo to Leopets. Jellyneo is more of a help site/guide for Neopets. Leopets on the other hand is an actual game that uses Neopet's images. They could get into legal troubles if they use their images regardless if they're profiting or not because of copyright, which is why they had to get permission.

[Kiara]

http://www.neoitems.net/neohelp/ubbt...&Number=274335

After a quick google search, according to this thread, you can use neopets images as long as they aren't edited in any way and you post the copyright/used with permission on your site.

[Haseshi]

@indysolo621
@Velxeor
@Kiara

I will see what else I can find about this, if you only need to paste the ''used with permission'' or actually ask for written permission. Don't want to get into any trouble

[indysolo621]

You can't even compare Jellyneo to Leopets. Jellyneo is more of a help site/guide for Neopets. Leopets on the other hand is an actual game that uses Neopet's images. They could get into legal troubles if they use their images regardless if they're profiting or not because of copyright, which is why they had to get permission.

Well, they are both fansites. Judging by Leopet's homepage they do not have permission. Or atleast they do not say they have permission. They simply state that "Leopets is a seperate fansite dedicated to Neopets." Still, I would stay on the safe side and make sure it is ok with Neopets. Just tell them that you are making a game, as a fansite, and tell them you will take no money in from it.

[Haseshi]

I'm sending an e-mail to neopet's legal department to clarify this.

[Michi]

Actually when it first opened. Laska did indeed ask permission from Neopets to use the images. She was told as long as there was no profit in the site it was okay. Back then it did have the copyright thing at the bottom when you logged it. I do not know about now.

[bamboo123]

if you decided to work on it, I can help out in the writing section and the mod section

[cpvr]

I feel like if things are open all the time, the site has the potential to grow way too big to comfortably support without any income. Aywas is application-only and they're just getting to the 40k member mark.

I actually wonder how big Aywas would be today if they didn't manually activate accounts. It's not much of a setback to have that feature because it helps you get a lot of quality users instead of newbies.

[Kiara]

@cpvr - I've never thought about it that way... probably at least twice the size, I'd say. But it would be a whole different site without the application filtering out the people who aren't literate enough >_>;