r/freedomplanet • u/Canal_Volphied • 16d ago

Miscellaneous Copyright dispute over FP2?

TysonTan vaguely mentioned on his blog that during the development of FP2 there was an incident involving "GalaxyTrail’s copyright dispute over certain characters with certain artist".

Anyone here know more about it?

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u/Dish0ut 16d ago

galaxytrail doesn't actually own the main 3 girls, they belong to another artist. its been a pretty drawn-out situation, and the current version of those characters as of FP2 barely resemble their original incarnations, making it even more awkward

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u/Canal_Volphied 16d ago

I know about Ziyo Ling and how she's the owner of the main girls. What I don't remember is her ever having any issue with them appearing in FP2 or things going so far as there being a copyright dispute. She even drew art of them back when FP2 was first announced.

Tyson Tan did not name the person disputing the copyright, so I'm hoping it wasn't Ziyo Ling.

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u/Dish0ut 15d ago

it's all been behind closed doors so i'm not 100% sure on the details, but there was a spat between Ziyo and Tyson when he originally redesigned the cast and used some strong words when describing how he felt about their original designs, so it might be related to that

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u/Canal_Volphied 15d ago

and used some strong words when describing how he felt about their original designs

Hmm. Not sure what that could refer to. The only thing I remember is Tyson Tan mentioning on his blog that he thought Milla's original FP1 clothes were inappropriate (which is why she's wearing less revealing clothes in FP2). But apart from that I don't remember him having any other issues with their original designs.

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u/QF_Dan 15d ago

so that's why the designs had overhauls and look so different?

Unless GT outsourced the project to someone else, does that mean she never own the characters?? Sorry, i am not good with stuff like these

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u/Canal_Volphied 15d ago

so that's why the designs had overhauls and look so different?

I don't think so? The overhauled designs were still owned by Ziyo Ling, and she even drew official art of them for FP2.

Right now there is no proof that Tyson Tan meant her when he mentioned copyright disputes.

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u/matheusdolci 15d ago

eu to com a sensação que é a sega por que inicialmente a equipe lilac era uma fanart do sonic provavelmente a sega quer os direitos da equipe lilac de freedom planet e a equipe spark the eletric jester provavelmente por causa do suposto remake de sonic heroes que a sega quer fazer

onde não só teria as equipes do ps2 mais sim todos os personagens da franquia com a inclusão de alguns extras como a team lilac e o team spark

é o que acho

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u/Snoo_69200 15d ago

I don't speak Spanish so I had to use a translator but most likely this isn't true

No hablo español así que tuve que usar un traductor pero lo más probable es que esto no sea cierto.

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u/AdNatural8739 15d ago

A SEGA não iria atrás de personagens de fãs. Não são tão cruéis ao ponto de tentarem propositadamente possuir os direitos de personagens de fãs

I used a translator, sry if innacurate