Of course not. We don't own the concept of a school for disabled children, it's too general to fall under copyright (as in your example of two similar movies). In fact there are/have been about 10-15 visual novel projects spawned by KS's popularity that work on a similar premise or a minor alteration. Some focus on mental disabilities, some in otherwise "dysfunctional" kids or whatever.Zykes wrote:I've been curious for a little while, and since the topic of the license has come up recently, I'd figure I asked.
I get the major point of how the license works, but I've wondered about where that eventual line is drawn between Derivative work and similar concept is.
For example, would any type of story that is based on a school that partly or mainly focuses on assisting those with physical disabilities fit into the license, even if locations, other detailed concepts and so on are completely different from KS.
I think a recent thing that had this was with two movies. White house down and Olympus has fallen. They are pretty similar in concept but are different movies.
With something like that, would it be against the license or not.
What we do own is KS's name, setting and characters, plus everything we actually made in KS like the script, art, music and so on. So yes, if you make your own crippled girls porn simulator that has zero connection to KS except the concept, it is fair game.
