It won't be long til most of the levels are gone, cos loads of em are based on Games, Movies and events and they are all copyrighted (well maybe not all events are).

It means LBP'ers are gonna have to really dig deep into the grey matter for levels now and not be able to be inspiredby others

They need to sort something out so theres no copyright infringement, for example saying that it is not endorsed by the copyright owners within the level description. Or making your level a tribute and not a recreation.



A good 60-70% of the levels out there are based on existing media, if they all get taken down, there will only be trophy levels and a few gems left.

thats just stupid.. just let thehm create what they wanna creats. its not like users are getting paid for their levels are they? so whats gonna happen to those 2 mirrors edge levels i heard about?

I agree. Wait for an email to come in before you kill it. There is no need to be preemptive here. After all, that model is working just fine for Apples App Store.

...while I understand where some are coming from... exactly how 'original' is it for there to be 20 different "Batman" or "God of War" levels? It's neat-and-all to play those. But then again, if all you're doing is copying the level design/concept of some other game, what's so groundbreaking about playing it in "LBP-style"?



Also, since Sony is HOSTING all that content ON THEIR SERVERS, they are going to be the ones getting sued (not you and me). So, I completely understand why they are removing content without warning which could be construed to conflict with copyright.



Maybe the real problem is that they designed it so that even your own "levels in progress" are on the Sony server. Because I think that's how it works: you're own Planet is not entirely saved locally ---which is why the content is "owned" by them, even if you made it.



So, a contractual 'plus' for them is turning-out to be a big bummer for those who created laborious pieces of art and either making some items like/similar to copyrighted stuff, or (most likely) having the misfortune of having NAMED their level after some previously-copyrighted property.

ratman and his ratmobile... haha what a creative genius

I don't understand, why would companies allow costumes for proprietary characters into a 'game creation and sharing game' if they didn't expect to have fans create levels that resembled their games? I believe ideas should be shared freely, copyrighting is ok to prevent people making profit from your creations but this is purely a creating sharing community, nobody is making profit (and I don't think sony should make profit from user created levels). Put simply, this is insane. They should just have a rating system if a level is offensive, and the creator could pay tribute to the copyright owners, no harm done.

lol, sorry but Ratman is a character made for the Dexter's Labratory show on Cartton Network. If Sony is really picky, that won't fly either.



Man, I want a PS3 for three reasons:

1. MGS4

2. Resistance

3. LBP



...anyone wanna send me some money for a PS3?



let me know, I'll be happy to take some.

Then they got sued for not removing it in time. By law you are given X amount of time to remove said material.