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[Daniel M]

ARG Movies = lawsuit ?

[Wolf]

Generally, you'll be walking a very fine line if you use any recognizable character from a film. Those are the studio's "intellectual property."

We (the PMs of Project_Mu, aka Metacortechs) set our game in a Matrix-y world, and on completion, Warner told the UK Guardian this:

[Daniel M]

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[colin]

i personally wouldn't use anything story critical from the movie. as an example MU used metcortex, which was the company neo worked for in the matrix. in the films the only thing seen was the title, we don't really know more about it than that. WB wouldn't be so concerned about that (which is also evident because the domain names were available).

As for using proof of purchase i don't see a problem with it, but you might be asking a bit much. are people really going to go out and buy it for the game you create? as for your suggestion of how to use the PoP, i think it asks for brute forcing, also have no idea how you'll work that into the game.

I think you should remove your game one step from the movie. eg. base it in that world, but not on the movies premise.

Also, don't make it look like your offical. Be careful not to suggest that.