![]() ![]() If you choose not to release it, people like my wife and I won't be able to enjoy it privately. ![]() If the host doesn't take it down right away, you would make a lot of money from them in court: Copyright Infringement: How Are Damage Amounts Determined? There are instructions on how to do that on many sites, or you could pay $10/mo to have DMCA Protection & Takedown Services do it. If anyone were to infringe on your work, enforcing the copyright is as easy as sending a DMCA Takedown notice to the host. The only requirement is to prove you are the original author, which is very easy in your case, as you have a website, forum, YouTube videos, and backup logs of the world that would predate anyone else's. Vanilla textures belong to Microsoft, but all other work, such as the arrangement of blocks, new textures, and all the intellectual and manual labor that went into it is protected by copyright law. Any original work you create is protected. ![]() I'm not an attorney, but I've dealt with copyright issues in the past, and I know any attorney would tell you that you would be protected by copyright law. I understand this is an original work you made, and you're concerned about other people stealing it. Playing at 2 in the morning isn't an option for her due to sleep issues. It would mean a lot to be able to do that without any distractions, such as other players jumping through with out-of-character skins. I would like very much to take her to this world you created and walk through it with her as she sees it for the first time as if she's there. I know this world already lives inside her. Her mind goes to another place: this place. Whenever we talk about it, it's like bringing up distant memories of an old loved one. My wife has loved Lord of the Rings since she was a child. ![]()
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