05-17-2013, 07:49 PM
Exactly, and thats why usual review shows are professionally set up and contacts game makers to review or play through games. See: Game Center CX.
You can get money by doing hobby stuff. Thats perfectly fine. But you will be doing original stuff most of the time. You can even charge money for a fanart, but you are entirely on your own when doing such thing, see many cease-and-desisted fangames. The same occurs in LPs, you are dealing with something not yours. Therefore, no matter how much effort you put into it, you have no rights to earn money from it if you do your LPs informally. Its like clandestine radio stations. You have no support from the companies, only you get the profit and play things not made by you. And it is a crime.
Tl;dr either step it up and make video reviewing a proper job, or dont charge for it.
Analoguelly, you shall not charge for fangames too.
now this might sound harsh (it is), i know they really put a shitton of efforts to entertain people. But just like in Brazil you need to have a CPF/CNPJ to open a shop, CRC to be an accountant, CRM to be a medic etc. the LPers should have some legal backup for their activities. I mean, it sounds like a hassle and all, but once you get this right, both the company and your LPs get money, you get even more content for your program, having the opportunity to even meet real game makers and stuff, and well, you'd have avoided all this shit in first place.
You can get money by doing hobby stuff. Thats perfectly fine. But you will be doing original stuff most of the time. You can even charge money for a fanart, but you are entirely on your own when doing such thing, see many cease-and-desisted fangames. The same occurs in LPs, you are dealing with something not yours. Therefore, no matter how much effort you put into it, you have no rights to earn money from it if you do your LPs informally. Its like clandestine radio stations. You have no support from the companies, only you get the profit and play things not made by you. And it is a crime.
Tl;dr either step it up and make video reviewing a proper job, or dont charge for it.
Analoguelly, you shall not charge for fangames too.
now this might sound harsh (it is), i know they really put a shitton of efforts to entertain people. But just like in Brazil you need to have a CPF/CNPJ to open a shop, CRC to be an accountant, CRM to be a medic etc. the LPers should have some legal backup for their activities. I mean, it sounds like a hassle and all, but once you get this right, both the company and your LPs get money, you get even more content for your program, having the opportunity to even meet real game makers and stuff, and well, you'd have avoided all this shit in first place.
Quote:How many of you have ever tried making an interesting video full of content to be such a judge of people wanting to get money for that, I wonderjust like you don't need to know how to draw or shade to give insightful C+C, you don't need to create an LP to know how making an LP is hard.
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