murky waters. careful.
Here is a safe road map to keep you out of IP poopoo:
1. create content rather than modify existing content
2. If you modify content, pick the most generic-- avoid things that can easily be consider exclusive to the property owner.
3. follow any "cease and desist" court order. It's a court order and you must do the right court-related things. But it also allows you to stop without any other consequences. A lawyer's "cease and desist" letter is not binding. Just give the letter to your lawyer to send a letter back which states roughly "go ahead and get a court order cause this piece of paper means nothing to us, hahahahaha (see you at the club next tuesday?)"
4. Never touch any registered content. This means the content owner is serious and they will wack you hard for it. Registered content means that there is a document filed at the appropriate IP office. That information is available to the public.
5. If you can avoid it, never distribute someone's content; only distribute your enhancements, morphs, or patches.
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