Copyright and Church Moral Theology

[PinkCloud]

Hi! I have some moral questions related with copyright:

1. Is it a sin to play fan games? Their legality is questionable because they use copyrighted title, characters and music. But is it really wrong to play them? If their creators are making money of them without permission, then it’s wrong for sure, but a lot of fans create fan games for the same reason the fanfictions are written - because they want to add something from them to their beloved game series. Some game companies are alright with their existence, but some of them, for example Nintendo, not.
2. Is the Vaporwave art/music sinful? The Vaporwave art uses copyrighted graphic, like Windows or Pepsi logo etc. Music that belongs to the Vaporwave genre is in reality a sampled and slowed down 80’s/90’s/00’s song. I don’t know if the Vaporwave artists ask creators of original song/companies for permission to use their music/logo. So, is it a sin to listen to this kind of music or like the art?

 

[TheLittleLady]

Is the Vaporwave art/music sinful?

Interesting. In the hard IT world, “Vaporware” is the term for a product that is promised and has a “demo” but does not exist yet.

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