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LittleBigPlanet Creations Raising Copyright Questions
Joystiq's Law of the Game column uses the recently released LittleBigPlanet to address the question of intellectual property rights for user-created content within and for games. At this point, Sony's ToS claims a great deal of control over users' work, unlike Second Life's, which is much more permissive. GiantBomb has a related story pointing out creations within LittleBigPlanet that are copies of other games, and how they could lead to legal troubles for Sony if they aren't quick about taking them down.
Sony is one of the worst offenders with draconian EULA's. I am not surprised by this. They don't want to have people creating their own content to own their own content. They want to own our content. I learned a long time ago to just say no to Sony.
Agreed a million times over. In addition, it really boggles my mind how so many have raved about this game's originality when there really isn't anything new about it. It just goes to show how massive amounts of hype can trick idiots into believing something is worth their time and/or money.
Oh, and I'd also like to point out how hilarious I think it is that Sony can't seem to get anything right. First, they release a crappy overpriced console while trying to copy at the last minute things that XBox and Wii were doing / had done. Now, they have this super-hyped game with a level editor, A LEVEL EDITOR FOR GOD'S SAKE, WHOOPTY-FUCKING-DOO, and they want to claim ownership of everything any of their consumers create. I can't think of any other company in history that's released a level editor with their game and tried to do that... and if you can name one, I'll bet it didn't end well for them.