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It's a good job that everyone picked up on the fact that the game publishers/developers are the ONLY ones who own the copyrights to the games and anything to do with them.
And also please note that - technically - recorded and distributed speedruns are actually illegal to make. They're an unauthorised re-distribution of the original copyrighted work (which recording a videogame falls into). Did the publisher or developer in question give you express prior written consent to record their (legally copyrighted) work and distribute it online? No, no they did not. The only reason companies don't say anything is because no-one is selling them for a profit (or if they are, as in the case of SDA and it's original dvd sets, they're under the radar enough not to get noticed).
I think it's more of an aspect of respecting the player(s) and their run(s) that credit is given. No-one HAS to credit the runners or SDA if they are selling them, seeing as they're re-distributing work that is already illegal. Gaining permission from the runner responsible to sell runs on is something that is desirable, but not actually required (by law).
The chances of a company going mad over the initial recording and then selling of speedruns are very, very slim (although that depends on how mainstream the selling becomes), but they have a right to ask you to not do it.
And also please note that - technically - recorded and distributed speedruns are actually illegal to make. They're an unauthorised re-distribution of the original copyrighted work (which recording a videogame falls into). Did the publisher or developer in question give you express prior written consent to record their (legally copyrighted) work and distribute it online? No, no they did not. The only reason companies don't say anything is because no-one is selling them for a profit (or if they are, as in the case of SDA and it's original dvd sets, they're under the radar enough not to get noticed).
I think it's more of an aspect of respecting the player(s) and their run(s) that credit is given. No-one HAS to credit the runners or SDA if they are selling them, seeing as they're re-distributing work that is already illegal. Gaining permission from the runner responsible to sell runs on is something that is desirable, but not actually required (by law).
The chances of a company going mad over the initial recording and then selling of speedruns are very, very slim (although that depends on how mainstream the selling becomes), but they have a right to ask you to not do it.
