It's great to see this info shared. Creators are always so worried about having their ideas stolen, but the best way to protect your stuff is to share it, not hide it.
@Ry-gt2by2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this extremely helpful video! I have been somewhat panicking about this very topic so having someone explain has been a very enlightening experience. Thank you again!
@furycardbattlezonetcg392 Жыл бұрын
Back here again
@LightningAdrian3 жыл бұрын
Zack are you gonna a battle for the new starter decks the storms of rokah and the creations of Teklar battle please make a battle for the new starter decks
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
i really want to! Its hard tho as me, Tom and No Named friend live really far away now, will defo get a battle done though!
@UltiMulti_Games3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully I’m not going to use this video for my game anytime soon, but if I do need it, I’m glad it’s here. Thanks Zack 👍
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
Yeah hopefully we never have to use this info lol
@secret2763 жыл бұрын
That poster in the frame in the background is very cool. I like the setup with the plants as well. Very professional keep it up
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
thanks dude, can never have enough houseplants
@yu-ger-bloob-highway35212 жыл бұрын
So, I’m a bit confused…do you need a copyright symbol or no? And if you don’t pay for an ACTUAL copyright can you still put the symbol or does the symbol not matter at all?
@lightfiendish Жыл бұрын
this really helped me! i was very worried about my stuff being stolen, but now i know i just have to watch out for lex lu- i mean, jeff bezos.
@MeganJohnson-vg6fe Жыл бұрын
What about a spin off of a game? Say perhaps the rules are the same/similar but the characters are altered with altered names? Would you still need to change the rules? Sorry for having so many questions.
@arcanistgamestcgs3 жыл бұрын
We were confused about this for our game. Thanks for making this.!
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
no problem!
@arcanistgamestcgs2 жыл бұрын
@@ChaosGalaxyTCG :)
@doublestarships6463 жыл бұрын
That's it?! Dude, you just saved a ton of people.
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
Its much less hassle than youd think!
@runo41553 жыл бұрын
Social media timestamps are like the #1 best way to prove that something is yours Edit: also properly dated artworks
@Officialfromthe33 жыл бұрын
This very helpful I forgot that they used to do that with the envelope very useful for people who want to keep proof if they don’t own a computer and just purely wanna keep it on paper
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
Exactly, its a strange process but after the tech apocalypse we'll have to go back to the old envelope/wax seal method
@talkman1033 жыл бұрын
Would you allow people to sell chaos galaxy singles?
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
yeah sure! I'd be honoured if the fanbase got to that stage tbh
@cnlicnli6 ай бұрын
FYI: The *US Copyright Office* (USCO) states, “The practice of sending a copy of your own work to yourself is sometimes called a *‘poor man’s copyright.’* There is NO [emphasis added] provision in the copyright law regarding any such type of protection, and it is *NOT a SUBSTITUTE* [emphasis added] for registration. Relying on the poor man’s copyright, notarization, emailing, or any other type of time-recording to validate your copyright authorship (creation) and copyright ownership claims can be quite easily faked. On the other hand, it’s much more difficult (impossible?) to falsify an issued US copyright “Certificate of Registration, as a copy will also be placed in the USCO’s on-line Public Catalog database for the public to access and verify. So, whether you’re out of the UK, EU, Australia, or the US, if you’re selling, licensing, sharing, or distributing your artworks, photographs, games, books, blogs, music, and other creative works on US selling platforms and/or directly to US-based clients AND you want to retain STRONG copyright protection against American infringers, you really need to have a timely copyright registration in-hand, either registered BEFORE the infringement begins OR registered WITHIN three-months of first-publication, as that will typically provide your US attorney with the necessary LEVERAGE to push the US-based infringer to settle out of court. If the infringer doesn’t settle, and you prevail post-trial, the defendant/infringer is now liable (responsible) for statutory damages (from US$750 to US$150,000) AND your attorney fees & legal costs (at the court’s discretion). To mitigate their legal & financial exposure, most all non-Fair Use, non-judgement-proof US infringers who are facing a timely registered copyright claim will want to quickly and confidentially settle out of court and put their infringing actions behind them. Without a timely registration, US and international creatives can only pursue “actual damages” (typically the missed licensing fee or the cost of the copied works) and/or the infringer’s “disgorged profits.” And unless those financial damages are SUBSTANTIAL and PROVABLE, like the US-based infringer prominently included your artwork in its advertising campaign, on soup cans, on apparel/merchandise, and in other commercial media, your attorney fees will typically exceed any money you receive post trial or via an out-of-court settlement, making it un-economical to pursue US copyright infringers. Joshua Kaufman is a Washington, DC copyright attorney/litigator. His short video addresses the economics of not timely registering works against US infringers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXOyfJ6oocqMabs Write back if you’d like to receive USCO links on how to register (protect!) your creative works against US-based copyright infringers.
@Donald105693 ай бұрын
The cards and paper in an envelope does not count for anything (in the USA anyway), there is really no way to prove when the envelope was sealed (or potentially opened and resealed). My understanding is an official copyright with the government will allow you to collect more money from someone who infringes your design (they will have to pay your lawyers fees after you win the case). I'm not a lawyer, so don't rely on my advice, but I've read up on this a bit.
@nozom99153 жыл бұрын
If anyone should want help in protecting their cardgames watch this video. 😊
@TheSWMTeam Жыл бұрын
what manufacturers do you recommend?
@sushiplushproductions3 жыл бұрын
Hey love your vids
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
thanks!!
@MeganJohnson-vg6fe Жыл бұрын
I have a son 14 years old. He has a lot of artwork spanning over 11 years. All of the same characters. The information he has on these is unlimited and I'm overwhelmed with where to start. I almost need a professional in the gaming, trading, or character development field to help with advice or direction. I don't have any experience or knowledge in this area. He is brilliant. I'm posting in hopes of someone providing advice.
@MagicApocalypseTCG9 ай бұрын
I am still drafting on my channel my art isn't official and if I do make cards that are not officials and will change are those pervious version are copyright?
@acrj-alfasaus48253 жыл бұрын
thank you for telling me this. i was always worried that my peers and colleagues since it happened before
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
Hope it helps!
@MysticMaskMedia2 жыл бұрын
This is a great topic for a video. I've done copyright through the government with my creatures. It's about 75 bucks for a collection.
@Z-Dino Жыл бұрын
Meow
@bunsenburn41793 жыл бұрын
Congrats on the 5 million views!
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
thanks dude!
@Dinofan2333 жыл бұрын
Thanks you’re videos help a lot (I’m working on my own tcg journey to the end)
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
glad i could help!
@Dinofan2332 жыл бұрын
@@ChaosGalaxyTCG (:
@Surviving_parenting2 жыл бұрын
I’ve made my own home made tag not at all copying you it’s about real life animals
@mr78real Жыл бұрын
say i made a game and in said game i had a billboard advertizing a ficional comany do i need to trade mark that fictional companys name
@mohommedaadil24503 жыл бұрын
This is real copy of tcg or having unofficially tcg please reply
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
im not sure what you mean there man?
@aadilshafraz42773 жыл бұрын
This is my another account. I am a Sri Lankan / that means do you have only chaos galaxy TCG or do you have another tcg
@SavageNFree-kv9zl Жыл бұрын
What abt Metadata? The files show the date of creation and any changes.
@Auxilius13 жыл бұрын
do you make and sell your own cards?
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Theres a link to the online store in the description!
@ElementalLegendstcg2 жыл бұрын
"Trade marking cost some money" Me: ™
@kevinpique21393 жыл бұрын
When or do you have any holographic cards lined up ?
@NEXGENTCG3 жыл бұрын
Spitting nothing but facts. Really gotta be careful with homemade tcgs but from the games i've seen, everyone seems really unique.
@zoksss53233 жыл бұрын
Cool recording space
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
can never have enough plants
@abdulmagidelmaghbub99507 ай бұрын
that was so helpful thanks
@quaianthegrimreaper75563 жыл бұрын
thanks! i'm selling my first cards and really needed this!
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
Glad i could help!
@dirtyconsole2247 Жыл бұрын
Hey I know you’re not a lawyer, but in your experience or knowledge, is it legal to run a prototype with copyright art amongst a community to play test or is that illegal. The game would be making no money, it would just be for free play testing.
@bennybosque8 ай бұрын
Not a lawyer, this isn’t legal advice, but as an informed person: this may fall under Fair Use, which is something that usually has to be defended in court (expensively) if things get that far. But it is also on the copyright owner to flag and ask to remove unauthorized copyrighted materials. So: is it IP infringement, and possibly illegal, yes. Does it qualify as Fair Use? Probably, especially as there’s no money involved and this is more for proof of concept than actual play, but Fair Use isn’t inherent - it may be tested in court, which is expensive and easier just to follow a cease and desist or swap art out rather than legally defend. But if you are just doing these as prototypes and not posting online, there isn’t a way for companies to even police unless u start posting on social media or selling prototypes w copyrighted art. I’ll add this: most reputable printers, even print-on-demand companies, are sensitive to copyright. So even if you could do it and it may qualify as Fair Use, it’s much safer for printers to just say, “sorry, we aren’t touching that” than to try to justify being involved w printing something that includes other people’s IP.
@dirtyconsole22478 ай бұрын
@@bennybosque okay so it’s entirely possible that my personal play testing would never get back to artists, but it does just seem better to not use copyrighted art. It seems a simple solution but that reply helped a lot to confirm for myself. Thanks so much for that response!
@bennybosque8 ай бұрын
You are right about inherent copyright, and it’s very useful to prove precedence w posts, emails, etc. The HUGE advantage with filing officially BEFORE publication, at least in the US, is that if somebody steals big enough that you should take them to court, you can sue them for YOUR lawyer fees as well as damages as long as it was filed before publication. You WILL need to officially file at some point if u want to defend it in court, but if filing happens after publication u can only sue for damages. This is important because taking IP issues to court is INSANELY expensive. So: do you have inherent copyright? Yes. Is that enough if you actually need to find a lawyer and sue somebody for stealing and profiting off of your work? …Not if the value of your work is worth more than the $80ish it costs to file for copyright before u post something online. :)
@ced11773 Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate 👍
@em.b3rr3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU
@FuturesquashArchive4Concerts3 жыл бұрын
Hey Zack, I have a question. If someone (like me) we’re to use the idea of having two or more cards to combine into eachother to form one big card. That wouldn’t be stealing the idea of combiners from chaos galaxy if it had been originally done in games like YugiOh or the Transformers trading card game right?
@123stevehead3 жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone can claim ownership of the general idea of putting 2 cards together to make a larger one. Along with your examples, a similar mechanic was also introduced in one magic the gathering set (eldritch moon). just don't call it the exact same thing and make it work exactly the same.... differentiate it a little bit.
@FuturesquashArchive4Concerts3 жыл бұрын
@@123stevehead I was originally gonna call them multi beasts. But I think I’m gonna change the name to combo beasts
@FuturesquashArchive4Concerts3 жыл бұрын
@@123stevehead All my combo beast cards are is just combination. They don’t have a special move like Zack’s or the other ones. They just are stronger normal cards but they can be played as a single card as well or the two separate parts can be played as individual cards
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
No, this wouldnt be stealing at all - you cant own the concept of playing 2 cards next to each other! However if you were to use the same card templates and names as another tcg's combining mechanics then it would be stealing
@deathclawman35083 жыл бұрын
This will be useful
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully!
@amarhastings68493 жыл бұрын
Great Video as always! Thanks!
@ClicketyGamer3 жыл бұрын
2nd
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
think you were first actually!
@legacytcg77453 жыл бұрын
I am starting my own TCG about fantasy and i've taken inspiration and i am making all the stuff and i have a friend wich is helping me
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
thats awesome, good luck with the game!
@deathclawman35083 жыл бұрын
This will be useful
@charlesh43333 жыл бұрын
So I’m making a board game/card game so it will be using a lot of art and text. I like in the USA, so the laws here are probably different on how copyright works. Basically after researching the general laws. Pretty much anything you make by default in the US art wise (art can be anything) is protected by a basic copyright law. But you can pay to have your copyright be formally recognized by the Library of Congress by paying money. With this, the main perk is that you can more easily sue people if they take your stuff.
@ChaosGalaxyTCG3 жыл бұрын
The rules are pretty much the same in the UK, US, Aus, Canada. But yeah you're pretty much right there!
@cnlicnli6 ай бұрын
@charlesh4333 wrote, “Pretty much anything you make by default in the US art wise (art can be anything) is protected by a basic copyright law. Not quite. Many US works are not copyrightable. About 5% of works submitted to the US Copyright Office (USCO) are refused registration, as the works either lack the minimum creativity and/or do not fit within the scope of US copyright subject matter: See “Things Not Protected by [US] Copyright” www.copyright.gov/circs/circ33.pdf @charlesh4333 wrote, “But you can pay to have your copyright be formally recognized by the Library of Congress [USCO] by paying money. With this, the main perk is that you can more easily sue people if they take your stuff.” That’s correct. If your work was *“timely”* registered, you can pursue ENHANCED money damages against US infringers. However, the vast majority of US-based creatives skip registering their creative works altogether. Importantly, US creatives help presumptively PROVE via prima-facie EVIDENCE their copyright validity (copyright authorship & copyright ownership claims) by timely registering their works with the USCO. See 17 USC § 410(c). The US copyright registration system is very much a vetting process that helps authenticate our copyright claims. In the US, it’s not the original or RAW file that necessarily proves your copyright ownership/creation, but rather your issued-copyright Certificate of Registration - you’re official United States government date stamp! A RAW file, SASE, emails, and other non-USCO proof recordings can be faked! An un-registered US copyright claim is, way too often, *WORTHLESS* and NOT enforceable for money damages. *This applies equally to US, EU, UK, and other international creatives who want to pursue US-based infringers for money damages.*