Just wondering because I don't want to upload anything to YouTube and receive a copyright warning for it.
Max Payne 3
Game » consists of 12 releases. Released May 15, 2012
The long-awaited third Max Payne game finally arrived in May 2012, courtesy of Rockstar Vancouver. Eight years after the end of Max Payne 2, an aging, burnt-out Max finds one last chance to redeem himself while working as a bodyguard for a rich family in Brazil.
Does Rockstar allow gameplay on YouTube before release?
I'd say it's best to play it safe and wait until release. You could try contacting Rockstar directly or checking on their website.
As far as I know they'd have no legal claim to it. It's not like you signed an agreement saying you wouldn't post video until a certain date. The content of the video is created by you since gameplay is depended on player actions so you would hold the copyright. They might have some claim to cutscenes since those are created by them and do not differ based on the player. Just make sure you don't have any music playing that could get it taken down.
I've heard rockstar is notorious for hitting youtubers with copyright violations. There are a good amount of people who consistently do let's plays of new games and don't bother with rockstar games till well after release.
Check the first minute or so of this vid
I guess if you're a smaller channel with few subscribers/views and you have ambiguous titles to your vids you could probably get away with it i guess
I actually love it when they keep pulling gameplay footage. A couple of days of chasing Red Dead Redemption videos around Youtube blew my hype out through the roof.
But yeah, you're probably gonna get in trouble.
Also:
@Sackmanjones said:
Why don't you tell us how the game is!?YES, TELL ME HOW IT IS NOW!
They could kill you.What kind of trouble can someone get in for this? Like the worst that can happen?
@Sackmanjones said:
@laserbolts said:They could kill you.What kind of trouble can someone get in for this? Like the worst that can happen?
Jesus the world is one fucked up place.
Yes? Have you lived on Earth long or just visiting?@Sackmanjones said:
@laserbolts said:They could kill you.What kind of trouble can someone get in for this? Like the worst that can happen?
Jesus the world is one fucked up place.
@Sackmanjones said:
@laserbolts said:They could kill you.What kind of trouble can someone get in for this? Like the worst that can happen?
That`s why I love this site.
Probably the very worse case scenario is a similar penalty to selling copies of movies or allowing people to mass watch said movies for free.
Like a 250,000$ fine and or the 5 years in Jail thing. That seems quite extreme and would never happen but I could see the threat being there.
More likely to happen is Rockstar makes you remove the video. No harm no foul. Probably a realistic worse case scenario is they force close your entire channel.
@laserbolts said:My guess is he's visiting.Yes? Have you lived on Earth long or just visiting?@Sackmanjones said:
@laserbolts said:They could kill you.What kind of trouble can someone get in for this? Like the worst that can happen?
Jesus the world is one fucked up place.
@AhmadMetallic said:
@Sackmanjones said:@laserbolts said:My guess is he's visiting.Yes? Have you lived on Earth long or just visiting?@Sackmanjones said:
@laserbolts said:They could kill you.What kind of trouble can someone get in for this? Like the worst that can happen?
Jesus the world is one fucked up place.
I drop in from time to time.
@xaLieNxGrEyx said:
@Sackmanjones said:
@laserbolts said:They could kill you.What kind of trouble can someone get in for this? Like the worst that can happen?
That`s why I love this site.
Probably the very worse case scenario is a similar penalty to selling copies of movies or allowing people to mass watch said movies for free.
Like a 250,000$ fine and or the 5 years in Jail thing. That seems quite extreme and would never happen but I could see the threat being there.
More likely to happen is Rockstar makes you remove the video. No harm no foul. Probably a realistic worse case scenario is they force close your entire channel.
Screw that! I wanna see some gameplay footage! Fight the power brother!
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