I've recently gotten the urge to create a YouTube series of a group of gamers playing Pathfinder via Virtual Table Top. However, I wasn't sure about what would be acceptable under the current licencing arrangements. I saw the clause on the Community Use page about "referencing dialogue, plots.... in campaign journals and play-by-post games". This would obviously be in the same vein, but it's still an area that I have questions on. I haven't taken enough ranks in Linguistics to be able to speak Legal, so I have some questions.
1) Can I record and upload video of my group playing a published module/Adventure?
2) Can I use the maps associated with the adventure, or maps from other products?
3) Can I use images from the Pawn collections as tokens? If so, do I have to represent them as they are, or can I crop/manipulate them?
I don't plan on making money off of this, I simply want to share our stories with the world. I understand the important of controlling your IP, so I wanted to check before I even began planning anything.
I am also wondering this. Would this apply to Twitch.tv as well?
Hmm...I will take a stab at it since I have recently delved into Community Use, VTT, and Paizo's intellectual property.
1)I don't see a reason why not.
" You may descriptively reference dialogue, plots, storylines, language, and incidents from products listed in Section 1 of our Community Use Approved Product List at paizo.com/communityuse/products in campaign journals and play-by-post or play-by-email games."
2) Nope. The maps/images are not included in the Community Use Document so you can not share/use those images in a public setting. The best way around this is to make your own versions of the maps which comply with the Community Use Document.
3) Nope. Those images are also not part of the Community Use Document. Your best bet is to use images from public domain sources.
If you can solve issues 2&3 remember to use the Community Use disclaimer and register the project.
I would wait for someone like Vic Wertz to show up and give you an official answer before you get to deep into the project.
I would assume there's a difference between showing a table with a map and you playing on it and showing just the map in detail, but if you read the CUP it says specifically what you can and cannot use.
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I'd consider what you're describing as a "campaign journal" for the purposes of the CUP.
I would assume there's a difference between showing a table with a map and you playing on it and showing just the map in detail, but if you read the CUP it says specifically what you can and cannot use.
Yeah, if you're shooting a table and that table happens to have maps and pawns on it, that's fine.
Cool cool.
Yeah, if you're shooting a table and that table happens to have maps and pawns on it, that's fine.
Yes but the OP will be using images in a Virtual Tabletop setting not a real life table with physical Paizo merchandice.
Thank you for the responses. I assumed after reading the CUP that the maps and images were protected, but I wanted to check anyways.
Thank you for the responses. I assumed after reading the CUP that the maps and images were protected, but I wanted to check anyways.
Some images are not protected. You can use these images as long as you don't modify them (i.e. follow the CUP). Pathfinder Wiki has most if not all of the images released to the CUP. The link leads to their gallery where you can just pick a subject and get images.